European elections: Hungarian campaigns look no further than national politics

The liberal weekly Világgazdaság comments on the distinctly national bent of Hungarian parties in their approach to the European elections: "What is taking place in Hungary under the name European elections can with good reason be called illegitimate. ... Our parties are attempting to convince the uninformed Hungarian voters why the government's performance is good or bad, and why the opposition will do the very opposite when it comes to power. Presumably this propaganda does not miss its mark at least among a portion of the electorate. For that reason, the result of the European elections on June 7 will make clear what the make-up of the Hungarian parliament would be if national elections were to take place on that day. ... The problem is, however, that the upcoming elections aren't for the Hungarian but for the European Parliament. But the Hungarian parties don't seem to be aware of that at all. Their actions and their rhetoric have precious little to do with what their party families - be it the European People's Party or the Party of European Socialists - are saying in the European Parliament."

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