The Prague Post – Opinion – Growing optimism
The Prague Post – Opinion – Growing optimism.
The landslide victory of Fidesz in Hungary’s elections creates excitement for the first time in years; too bad most international analysts are easily distracted
Despite the skeptical and in some cases hostile reaction by most of the international media toward the recent political changes in Hungary, most Hungarians are optimistic and content. After years of the “doing nothing” policy of the Socialist party – during which the country sank into deep economic and moral morass – it is finally over. <snip>
For the first time in a long time, things are looking up – not that the international press seems to have noticed.
- The author is the online editor for the Hungarian weekly magazine HVG. He was formerly editor of the World Bank’s Transitions newsletter and a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.
Richard Hirschler can be reached at
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