![Fighting for Hungarian votes in Strasbourg](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/324/258x165.jpg)
The prime minister’s appearance in Strasbourg to introduce the Hungarian rotating presidency of the European Union yielded mixed results. From the government’s perspective, it is likely that what we posit was the overall goal – i.e. appealing to the Fidesz base at home without causing a serious backlash in Strasbourg – was achieved.
More![Your very personal guide to the UD Zrt. recording affair](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/326/258x165.jpg)
With the release and rapid removal from the internet of further recordings related to the UD Zrt. affair, the scandal that erupted two years ago came back into the limelight.
More![A stormy start for the new president](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/327/258x165.jpg)
For months critics of the government’s more drastic measures have predicted that Fidesz will draw fire from the EU.
More![2010 in review: The government’s most important measures](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/331/258x165.jpg)
The end of the year is traditionally the time to compile top 10 lists. We gathered for a somewhat subjective list the top ten most important policies and measures enacted by the Fidesz-government since it took power.
More![Communicating downgrading](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/337/258x165.jpg)
For a few days Moody’s rating downgrading provided ammunition to everyone in the intensifying communication warfare. But while both sides of the political aisle engaged in mutual recriminations regarding the other side’s hypocrisy, a discussion of the underlying issues – whether the downgrading made sense and what impact it might have – fell by the...
More![Popular attitudes towards the EU](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/338/258x165.jpg)
Along with the public opinion research company Median, Policy Solutions took the opportunity to explore both, the public's view of the future Hungarian presidency and EU membership in general. While Hungarians may be slightly more sceptical towards the Union than a couple of years ago, overall they remain supportive of membership and optimistic abo...
More![Take the money and run](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/339/258x165.jpg)
In light of the opposition’s weakness, the government has chosen to go after new opponents: the working middle-classes. The effective nationalisation of mandatory private pension funds has aroused the ire of even many Fidesz-loyalists in this group, in which the governing party has been popular.
More![Fidesz and the media: just another brick in the wall](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/342/258x165.jpg)
The new media supervision law is stricter than the previous legislation, but by no means marks the end of the freedom of the press. As in many other areas, Fidesz thus far has not moved to advance its power by changing the legislative framework but rather by placing party loyalists in various independent positions.
More![On education, a disunited System of National Unity](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/343/258x165.jpg)
With Fidesz’ former education minister Zoltán Pokorni launching a frontal assault on Christian Democratic education policy, the key question is whether Pokorni is just an old-timer with little to lose or whether he remains a well-connected figure whose pronouncements mark a warning to the KDNP’s ambitious education policy-maker Rózsa Hoffmann that...
More![Taking the fight for the Constitutional Court to the streets](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/344/258x165.jpg)
The opposition can’t yet sway the masses, but Fidesz may gradually awaken the left-wing base from its deep slumber. Just in case, the left leaning parties and organisations are vying to offer them a wide and growing selection of leaders and organisations.
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