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Jobbik
The Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary (, ), commonly known as Jobbik (), and previously known as Conservatives () between 2023 and 2024, is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary. Originating with Political radicalism, radical and Hungarian nationalism, nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itself as "a principled, conservative and Ultranationalism, radically patriotic Christian Christian party", whose "fundamental purpose" is the protection of "Hungarian values and interests." In 2014, the party was described as an "Antisemitism, anti-Semitic organization" by ''The Independent'' and a "neo-Nazi party" by the president of the European Jewish Congress. From 2015 to 2020, the party started to re-define itself as a more moderate conservative people's party and changed the controversial elements of its communication, culminating with its new declaration of principles now defining itself as a centre-right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Vona
Gábor Vona (born Gábor Zázrivecz; 20 August 1978) is a Hungarian historian, teacher, and former nationalist politician who led the political party Jobbik from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 parliamentary elections. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 to 2018 and led the Jobbik parliamentary group until 2016. Under his leadership, the Jobbik founded its controversial and short-lived paramilitary wing Magyar Gárda, while the then minor extra-parliamentary party gained great popularity among voters since the 2006 nationwide protests and elevated into the National Assembly during the 2010 parliamentary election. Vona initiated to re-define Jobbik from a nationalist radical movement to a conservative people's party after 2014 when the party became the strongest opposition party to Viktor Orbán's Fidesz. Vona tendered his resignation after disappointing election results in the 2018 parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magyar Gárda
Magyar Gárda Mozgalom (, English language, English: ''Hungarian Guard Movement''), founded by Magyar Gárda Hagyományőrző és Kulturális Egyesület (English language, English: ''Hungarian Guard Association for Preservation of Traditions and Culture'') was a patriotic-nationalistic association somewhat mimicking an army in its organisation and paraphernalia. It was coined a ''paramilitary'', a ''party-militia'', or – sarcastically – an ''operetta-guard'' by its opponents and certain media outlets, even though it was never Weapon, armed. It was in varyingly close relationship with the Jobbik party in Hungary. It was founded through an "Oath of allegiance, oath of loyalty to Hungary" by its members in Buda Castle, Budapest, on 25 August 2007. It was dissolved by the Budapest Tribunal on 2 July 2009. The president of the Association was Gábor Vona, and it had such prominent members as former (1990–1994) Ministry of defence, defence minister Lajos Für and actor Mátyás U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance Of Parties
The MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (''MIÉP–Jobbik a Harmadik Út pártszövetség'') was an electoral alliance in Hungary led by István Csurka (Hungarian Justice and Life Party) and Dávid Kovács (Jobbik). In 2005, the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) joined forces with a newer political party, namely the Jobbik (Movement for a Better Hungary), and some members of the agricultural Independent Smallholders Party. The new political formation was registered under the name "Third Way" (Harmadik Út). Program The common program of the electoral alliance from the ''Campaign Diary'' came out in 2006. * The unfair EU accession treaty needs to be reviewed. ''Hungary can not be a colony!'' * Hungarian land must be kept in Hungarian hands. * The work of a nurturing mother of her children has to be recognized as a full-time profession. * The party initiates family tax benefits and a total tax exemption for families with three or more children. * The Christian ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dávid Kovács
Dávid Kovács (born on 15th of March 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician, historian and former founding member of the Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary. He served as inaugural president of the party from 2003 to 2006. After resigning of politics in 2008, he became an assistant professor of history at the "Károli Gáspár" University of the Reformed Church Hungary. Biography Dávid Kovács was born in Budapest on 15th of March 1976 as the younger son of Dr. Etele Kovács, Vice Dean at the University of Physical Education (TF) and Valéria Végh, a former elementary school teacher. During his presidency the Jobbik established a coalition with the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (''see: MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties'') for the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election. After the election, when the party alliance failed to win any parliamentary seats, he was succeeded by Gábor Vona, Kovács becoming one of the deputy chairmen of the Jobbik. He did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United For Hungary
United for Hungary (, ) was a big tent political alliance in Hungary that was formed to compete in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, 2022 parliamentary election. The alliance lost the 2022 election, and dissolved shortly after. History The need for collaboration The need for opposition cooperation was deemed by some to stem from the characteristics of the latest electoral system, the diversity of opposition parties, and the game-theoretic characteristics of human behavior: # a single round, plurality voting system introduced in 2011 delegates the most supported district candidate to parliament, even if his or her support is actually below 50%, only the other candidates received even less support individually. This is identical in the United Kingdom, however in Hungary, the electoral system was adopted and therefore districts were created solely by the ruling parties, and many consider the districts to be Gerrymandering, gerrymandered in their favour. # due to the unity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Hungary
The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member majoritarian representation with partial scorporo, compensation via transfer votes and mixed single vote; involving single-member districts and one list vote; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to gain list seats. The Assembly includes 25 standing committees to debate and report on introduced bills and to supervise the activities of the ministers. The Constitutional Court of Hungary has the right to challenge legislation on the grounds of constitutionality. Under Hungarian People's Republic, communist rule, the National Assembly existed as the highest organ of state power, supreme organ of state power as the sole branch of government in Hungary, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-Inscrits
Non-attached members, also known by the French term (, NI), are members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups, which as May 2025 consisted of 8 groups ranging between far-left and far-right in their political positions. These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a European political party; however, for a political grouping to be formed in the European Parliament there need to be 23 MEPs from seven countries. Being part of a group grants access to state funds and committee seats, but the group members must be ideologically tied. Groups of convenience, such as the Technical Group of Independents, previously existed, but are no longer allowed, and the minimum requirements for group formation have been raised, forcing parties and MEPs without ideological similarity to already existing groupings to sit as non-inscrits. Whilst some groups of MEPs who sit as non-inscrits may share similar views and express an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of European National Movements
The Alliance of European National Movements (AENM) was a European political party that was formed in Budapest on 24 October 2009 by a number of ultranationalist and far-right parties from countries in Europe. AENM's founding members were Jobbik (the alliance was established during their sixth party congress), France's National Front, Italy's Tricolour Flame, Sweden's National Democrats and Belgium's National Front. At the end of 2011, the National Front withdrew from AENM and joined the European Alliance for Freedom (EAF). In 2014,the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" terminated its observer status in the AENM, due to many members of the bloc showing support for Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war. In February 2016, Jobbik cut all of its affiliation with AENM, and the president of AENM Béla Kovács left Jobbik. History In November 2009, the British National Party claimed that AENM had been extended to nine parties, but this information was not confirmed by AENM President B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koloman Brenner
Koloman Brenner (born 28 May 1968) is a Hungarian linguist, politician, and associate professor. He belongs to the ethnic German community of Hungary. Between 2014 and 2017, he was the Deputy Director of the German Institute of the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University. His research fields are the phonetics and phonology of the German language, German and comparative dialectology, minority languages, and multilingualism. He is an active participant in German public life in Hungary. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2018, and he is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (Hungary), Hungarian National Assembly from 2020 to 2022. Early life He was born into an ethnic German family in Sopron. He finished his primary and secondary school studies in his hometown. In 1986, he earned his high school diploma from Széchenyi István Grammar School. He began his university studies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balázs Ander
Balázs Ander (born 11 December 1976) is a Hungarian politician, vice-president of Jobbik and member of National Assembly since 2014. Early life Ander was born in Nagyatád. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs. He was a history teacher in Barcs Barcs (; ; or ) is a border town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Barcs District. The Drava River marks the southern boundary of the settlement. Geography Located at the Croatian border and the River Drava, the town is surrounded by .... He is married and raised three children. Political career He has been the president of Jobbik's Barcs group. In 2010, he was member of General Assembly of Somogy. Since 2014 he is a member of National Assembly. On 25 January 2020, Ander was elected for vice president of Jobbik. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ander, Balázs 1976 births Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Living people Members of the National Assembly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László György Lukács
László György Lukács (born 7 March 1983 in Karcag), is a Hungarian lawyer, politician, since 2014 a member of Hungarian National Assembly, vice-president of Jobbik. Early life Between 1995 and 2002, he was student in Gábor Áron High School in Karcag and between 2000 and 2001, he was a student at Lebanon High School (Virginia), Lebanon High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia. He graduated from the ELTE Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University. He speaks German language, German and English language, English as well. Political career In 2010, he was the mayoral candidate for Karcag in the 2010 municipal elections. He got 21% of the votes, finishing second. He was Jobbik's MP candidate in Constituency III. of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County at the 2018 Hungary, Hungarian national elections. He got 32,92% of votes, finishing second. Between 2010 and 2014 he was a Member of City Assembly in Karcag. Since 2014 member of Hungarian National Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of County Councils In Hungary ...
There are currently 19 county councils in Hungary, covering areas known as ''megyék'' (urban and rural administrative areas). The first county councils were created in 1889. The Local Governments of Hungary Law of 1990 established county councils Hungary. The number of seats in each council was decreased due to incremental reforms carried out in 2010. Current composition ( 2024 elections) References {{County councils of Hungary Local government in Hungary County councils County councils County councils A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Australia In the Australian state of New South Wales, county council (New South Wales), co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
