Most foreign press reports depict Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai as a non-political character who hopes to form a technocratic government to lead Hungary out of its dire financial straits.
Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said Bajnai was not motivated to accept the post by patriotism but by the challenge of turning around what appear to be dim prospects for the benefit of the nation.
Another German daily, Frankfurter Rundschau said the new Prime Minister has undertaken a Herculean task and is trying to create the semblance of non-partisan unity with a cabinet made up mostly of technocrats.
The Financial Times called Bajnai a politically independent businessman who has vowed to grapple with the country’s grave economic situation at the head of a cabinet of technocrats, being open to the opinions of both sides of the political spectrum.
French media also describe Bajnai as a non-party technocrat. They observe that his task will be to slash spending harshly, for which his unpopular predecessor failed to obtain a parliamentary majority.
The online version of Pravda said Hungary has accumulated debts hopelessly, is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and its policies are determined in the headquarters of the EU and the World Bank.
