Government facing floods, EU criticism and opposition
Commentators don’t refrain from political remarks while tens of thousands of volunteers, leading politicians among them, help professionals build temporary defences against the highest water levels the...
View ArticleUnity against the floods (except Esztergom)
As the record high floods were reaching their apex in Budapest, the dailies praised professionals and volunteers who fought the waters in exemplary unity. The Prime Minister was criticised for...
View ArticlePrime Minister on the dikes
A left wing commentator accuses PM Orbán of using the flood to present himself as Hungary’s saviour, while his right-wing colleague deplores what he describes as another outpouring of hatred by the...
View ArticleThe ups and downs of flood PR
A centrist analyst warns left-wing critics that it is futile to attack PM Orbán for leading flood defence operations. On similar occasions all political leaders put on their mackintoshes and rush to...
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