The Hungarian parliament will vote in János Áder as new Hungarian president on Wednesday after his predecessor Pál Schmitt resigned amidst a plagiarism scandal. This will strengthen the right-wing conservative government to Hungary's advantage, writes the right-wing conservative daily Magyar Hírlap: "Although the prime minister wields most power in Hungary the head of state is nonetheless a key figure. He can make a considerable contribution to Hungary's development. Since it rose to power two years ago Orbán's government has been trying to bring the incomplete post-communist transformation to conclusion with laws and various other measures. After the left-liberal camp and its media forced the fourth Hungarian president since the collapse of communism to resign with a targeted smear campaign, it had no option but to continue with this task. … Today the parliament will vote in the fifth president, János Áder. The parliamentary factions of the opposition Socialists and the green party LMP probably won't show up for the vote. But it doesn't matter. … János Áder is one of the leading politicians of the ruling Fidesz-KDNP faction, which has a two-thirds majority in parliament. Áder's election simply reflects the will of the voters."  (02/05/2012)

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In the run-up to the Irish referendum on the ratification of the EU fiscal compact on May 31, the conservative daily Irish Independent points its finger at the culprits of the crisis, namely the Irish themselves. The referendum, it writes, "takes place against the background of the economic crisis which struck the world in 2008 and has since defied all attempts at solution. It has wreaked most of its greatest devastation on the European mainland, but our own offshore island has experienced some of its worst effects. Ireland also stands out as one of the countries which have suffered - in the events which preceded the crisis and in the feeble efforts to overcome it - from the misgovernment which we the people permitted and even encouraged. This is no time to beat about the bush. We elected governments which made no attempt to regulate the financial system. We trusted banks which continued to lend recklessly while they careered down the path to insolvency. All of us share the responsibility for our ills to some degree, and it behoves us to take special care and pains as we struggle to cure them." (02/05/2012)

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The Romanian prime minister designate, Victor Ponta, presented his left-liberal cabinet on Tuesday, which parliament is scheduled to elect to office on May 7. On its first day the new government plans to raise the minimum monthly wage from 700 to 850 lei (roughly 175 to 210 euros). A step the Romanian economy can't afford, writes the news portal Ziare: "The majority of the Romanian small businesses make only minimal profit. Often they're left with just around 3,000 lei [roughly 750 euros] after they've paid all their expenses. That's no joke. Many civil servants with a secure job in the state aparatus can't comprehend that small entrepreneurs are content with so little. But that's how things are in today's Romania, above all in small towns and rural areas. Of course the Social Democrats are for raising the minimum wage - they're on the left. But how can Liberals vote for the proposal? In view of our situation this is a mega-socialist step. ... It's not too late for the planned coalition to say no. That would show that it's flexible, pro-business and above all smart." (02/05/2012)

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