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...By Krisztián Szabados and Péter Krekó of the Political Capital Institute Last week’s guest post by Balázs Orbán on Hungary’s foreign policy and the visit of Vladmir Putin adds little to the official government...
...start of preparatory talks with the EU-International Monetary Fund team for a new credit line, the government should “act fast” to encourage a decision on the prosecution of Mr Csatary, said Krisztian Szabados...
...Szabados denounces the affair as a “political marketing action.”...
...“Even if they lose the next election, Fidesz will have the power to make a new government fall,” said Krisztian Szabados at the Political Capital think-tank in Budapest....
...“There are plenty of tricks that companies use to avoid paying for causing damage,” said Krisztian Szabados, of Political Capital think-tank in Budapest....
...There’s no one person responsible for fiscal planning – all they have is ideas, ideas, ideas,” Mr Szabados said....
...“Fidesz is full of plans but they don’t really have a coherent fiscal and economic strategy,” said Krisztian Szabados of the Political Capital think-tank in Budapest....
...Krisztian Szabados at the Political Capital think-tank in Budapest said: “The demand for rightwing extremism is deeply rooted in society....
...“Demand for rightwing extremism is deeply rooted in society,” says Krisztian Szabados at the Political Capital think-tank....
...Krisztian Szabados at the Political Capital think-tank in Budapest acknowledged the country faced a barrage of bad press over its embrace of the far right....
...Krisztian Szabados, chief executive of Political Capital, a Hungarian consultancy, says: “Corruption is deeply rooted in the region.”...
...Krisztian Szabados, head of the Political Capital Institute, a Budapest research group, worries about increased far-right activity, particularly in countries with significant gypsy minorities....
...“At least Mr Gyurcsany has now persuaded his party to sacrifice this particular sacred cow,” said Krisztian Szabados, a partner at Political Capital, a public affairs consultancy....
...But Krisztian Szabados of Political Capital, a public affairs consultancy, says Hungarians still do not accept lavish state support is unsustainable: “Polls show people accept the economic crisis will affect...
...However, Mr Gyurcsany’s departure was now a real possibility, he said. ”If he cannot reverse the Socialist Party’s decline in public support he will be gone in six months,” Mr Szabados said....
...Mr Szabados has the same concern. “If the government wants to involve the private sector, the private sector is certain to price in the extra risk....
...Kristian Szabados, director of Political Capital, a consultancy, says: “Gyurcsany was elected to be a reformer and expected to be a reformer....
...“This is like a slow political poisoning,” says Krisztian Szabados, a political analyst and campaigner for openness. In the Baltic states, the past is even more dangerous....
...“It is extrememly exciting and too close to call,” said Krisztian Szabados of political consultants Political Capital....
...Mr Szabados says the competing populist strategies may not be healthy but are well calculated. “The people’s thinking is rooted in communist education,” says Mr Szabados....
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