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Gréczy, Zsolt
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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Fidesz tightens its grip on Hungary
The right-wing conservative party Fidesz scored a landslide victory in Hungary's local elections on Sunday. The left-wing daily Népszava sees dark times ahead for the country: "After this triumph in the local elections Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will have even more clout in Hungary. That is very bad news for the country. ... Orbán's government controls the prosecutor's office and its camp has gained predominance in the media, where its harmful decisions are all candy-coated. Party soldiers hold key positions among the leadership and the rank and file of the media supervisory authority, the board of audit, the national electoral authority and the consititutional court. The institutions of democracy are being dismantled and the forums of the social balance of interests are being swept aside."
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New president signals Hungary's loss of democracy
The Hungarian parliament is expected to elect the right-wing-conservative Fidesz MP Pál Schmitt to succeed the politically non-aligned President László Sólyom. This signifies a further step towards dismantling democracy in Hungary, the left-wing daily Népszava believes: "It is in the nature of revolutions that they don't take account of anyone. Wherever people humiliate there is humiliation. The lads [Fidesz] kick anyone out they don't like, without giving any reason. The same thing is now happening to László Sólyom. Even though for five years he carried out his duties according to Fidesz's taste and never made a secret of his political orientation. This same László Sólyom is now being given the push in a humiliating way. ... The new head of state Pál Schmitt has already obediently let it be known in advance that he will not put any obstacles in the way of the government. ... That is not a revolution but rather a further step towards dismantling the achievements of the political changes of 1989/90 and towards the revival of a not so benign dictatorship."
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A hopeless state of affairs
Zsold Gréczy, chief advisor to Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, explains in the left-wing daily Népszava why the prime minister has decided to step down. "I can say that he did not take the decision lightly. It was preceded by weeks of intensive, often painful reflection and deliberation. ... Ferenc Gyurcsány finally concluded that the Hungarian Left is in danger. The never-ending radical attacks of the right-wing conservative opposition have so battered the Left that the prime minister saw himself forced to act - ultimately he was the major target of the opposition's attacks. ... The prime minister also considered that the conflicting demands of the unions and the economists cannot be reconciled. Ferenc Gyurcsány saw no way out of this baneful situation and has consequently decided that enough is enough."
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EU scepticism in the new EU member states
Philosophy professor and former opposition leader Janos Kis warns in an interview that if opposition leader Viktor Orban wins the April 9 elections in Hungary it could lead to the formation of a eurosceptic bloc of Central and Eastern European EU member states. "Hungary is a member of the EU, but a new political situation is emerging in the central-eastern border regions of the European Union. A radical, europhobic party has come to power in Poland. Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who is much more moderate in his domestic policies, no longer stands alone in his sceptical stance towards Europe. His party will probably win the next elections. In Slovakia, on the other hand, the pro-European government is likely to lose the next elections. In these countries, a new, provincial anti-Brussels bloc could emerge."
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