“Why did Hungarians become such Orbáns?”

According to mno.hu, two German newspapers published articles about Hungary in connection with the October 2 referendum on migrant quotas. The two papers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) and the Bild am Sonntag, are quite popular opinion leaders in Germany.

In FAS’s They already know the answer article the author, Stephan Löwenstein emphasized: Hungary is having a referendum on migrant quotas but the “result is certain” so the question of the reason behind the referendum arises.

In the report, where he asked the opinions of analysts and dwellers of Harsány and Lyukóvölgy, government spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said that according to the predictions of the government, the migrational pressure will strengthen from Syria and Turkey, therefore the referendum will help the government’s work politically and legally.

The author noted that there’s a “cliff, which could wreck the proposition” and this is the participation rate, which is currently predicted to be somewhat under the level needed for validity. However, analysts reckon a “final spurt” in the “Fidesz campaign”.

We seclude ourselves

The German Bild am Sonntag, a countrywide Sunday paper of the biggest circulation, published a compilation titled Why did Hungarians become such Orbáns? in their Travel around Europe report series. The author highlighted that the article presents a country, which “secludes itself from strangers”.