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A Fidesz full-court press in advance of the Veszprém County by-election
Exactly a week from today the parliamentary by-election in Veszprém County’s 3rd electoral district (Tapolca, Ajka, and environs) will take place. This district has been Fidesz territory for a long...
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Jobbik won the by-election in Tapolca
Although I watched two political commentators’ analyses of the results of the Tapolca-Ajka-Sümeg election, my reactions here are only first impressions. Perhaps my greatest surprise was the relatively...
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The day after: What happened in the Tapolca by-elections?
Most Hungarian commentators that I follow look upon yesterday’s Jobbik victory in the Tapolca-Ajka-Sümeg district of the county of Veszprém as proof that the political system Viktor Orbán so carefully...
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Viktor Orbán’s speech: Ignoring the gathering clouds
Since last night I must have seen at least twenty articles in French, German, and English about Viktor Orbán’s eighteenth speech on the “state of the nation.” They all emphasize his forceful attacks on...
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Sándor Lezsák’s fiefdom in Lakitelek came to an abrupt end
Yesterday several by-elections were held, with mixed results. Here I will concentrate on the election held in Lakitelek, a large village about 30 km from Kecskemét. Before 1987 few people had ever...
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By-election in Dunaújváros and its lessons
In the middle of February a local internet site reported that the Tolna County police were investigating an old murder case. Two years earlier, a well-known businessman had been reported missing. His...
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Dress rehearsal for the national election? By-election in Solymár
Yesterday, on December 10, a local by-election for a seat on the town council was held in the sixth district of Solymár, a suburb of Budapest, which is described in its English-language Wikipedia entry...
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The price of breaking Fidesz’s two-thirds majority in parliament
On August 19 I wrote a post in which I described the Orbán government’s outrage over a sentence in a lengthy interview about the lack of rule of law in Poland and Hungary. Ten days later, Magyar Nemzet...
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The Mohács by-election
An important by-election took place today in Mohács, a town of 17,000, which has been a Fidesz-KDNP stronghold ever since 1990. Yet leading up to today, an MSZP member, supported by all opposition...
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Taking stock after the election in Borsod
Today’s news is dominated by assessments of Sunday’s by-election in the 6th electoral district of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Fidesz is obviously incredibly relieved that Zsófia Koncz, the candidate...
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