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Hungarian Liberal Party
Hungarian Liberal Party ( hu, Magyar Liberális Párt, shortened form Liberals (''Liberálisok'') or MLP) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary that was formed on 27 April 2013 and is led by Anett Bősz. History Foundation Gábor Fodor (politician), Gábor Fodor announced in January 2013 that he intended to establish a new liberal party in Hungary. He presented his party in April 2013, promising "more liberal, person-centered and patriotic politics". Fodor is a former Minister of Education and a former member of Fidesz and of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ). He criticized the state's tutelary policy and emphasized, Hungary was then in forefront of the region, when liberalism and the SZDSZ were strong. Fodor also introduced the party's programme with the title of "Sympathetic liberalism", breaking away from the "intellectual arrogance" of his previous party. In September 2013, the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) declined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anett Bősz
Anett Bősz (born 18 December 1986) is a Hungarian liberal politician. Since November 2019, she has been the Leader of the Hungarian Liberal Party. She is a Member of Parliament since 2018. Education After graduating from the Alternatív Közgazdasági Gimnázium, Alternative School of Economics, she graduated from Faculty of Economics of the Corvinus University in Budapest, 2011, with a degree in International Economics. In the meantime, she led the faculty's Student Self-Government for a year, in 2008, where, following the termination of her presidency, she became an external associate of the organization dealing with marketing communications and journalism. In 2010, she was awarded a scholarship by the Free University of Berlin, where she expanded her knowledge of international relations, human rights, diplomacy and European integration as a student at the Institute for Political Science. She is currently a doctoral student at the Faculty of Economics of the Corvinus Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Népszava
''Népszava'' (meaning "People's Word" in English) is a social-democratic Hungarian language newspaper published in Hungary. History and profile ''Népszava'' is Hungary's eldest continuous print publication and as of October 2019 the last and only remaining liberal, social democratic political daily in the country. ''Népszava'' was established in 1873 in Budapest by Viktor Külföldi. It was the official newspaper of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party until 1948 when Hungary became a communist state. During this period two of Népszava's editors in chief were murdered: Béla Somogyi (along with reporter Béla Bacsó) in 1920 by right wing officers and Illés Mónus in 1944 by members of the Hungarian Nazi Arrow Cross militia. During the period of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1948 and 1989, it was the official newspaper of Hungarian trade unions. In 1990 it was privatized. Its publisher, the entrepreneur János Fenyő was shot dead in Budapest in 1998. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Szent-Iványi
István Szent-Iványi (born 12 November 1958, Kecskemét, Hungary) is a Hungarian politician, Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia, founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats political party, and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Alliance of Free Democrats, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. Szent-Iványi has been chief foreign policy advisor to the Hungarian Liberal Party Hungarian Liberal Party ( hu, Magyar Liberális Párt, shortened form Liberals (''Liberálisok'') or MLP) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary that was formed on 27 April 2013 and is led by Ane ... between October 2015 and April 2018. Since 2021, Szent-Iványi is the foreign-political advisor of the UVNP. Career He was full member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and vice-chairman of the Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula. Previously, he served four terms as MP in the Hungarian National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Hungarian Migrant Quota Referendum
A referendum related to the European Union's migrant relocation plans was held in Hungary on 2 October 2016. The referendum was initiated by the government, under the provision of article 8 of the new constitution of 2012. It was commonly referred to as the ''kvótanépszavazás'' or ''kvótareferendum'' ("quota referendum") in the Hungarian media. While an overwhelming majority of voters rejected the EU's migrant quotas, the share of valid votes was below the 50% required for the result to be considered valid. Background Hungary was one of the affected countries during the European migrant crisis. On 17 June 2015, Viktor Orbán's (third) Fidesz government announced the construction of a 175-kilometre-long fence along its southern border with Serbia. On 22 September 2015, the European Union's interior ministers, meeting in the Justice and Home Affairs Council, approved a plan to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers over two years from the "frontline" states Italy, Greece and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Mesterházy
Attila Mesterházy (born 30 January 1974) is a Hungarian politician, who served as the seventh chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) from 10 July 2010 to 29 May 2014. He was the party's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary in the 2010 and 2014 parliamentary elections. Studies Mesterházy was born in 1974 in Pécs, Hungary. In the years 1988–1992 he attended secondary school (Lovassy László Gimnázium) in Veszprém. In 1992–1997 he studied economics at the Corvinus University in Budapest, obtaining a diploma in 1997. He was a Fellow at the University of Valladolid in Spain (1995–1996), Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (Vienna School of International Studies) (1996–1998) and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands (1997). He was a Ph.D. student at the Corvinus University in Budapest (1997–1999) and then at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences of Semmelweis University in Budapest (2004–2005), but he has not earned a Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity (Hungary)
Unity ( hu, Összefogás), also called: Left Unity (Hungarian: ''Baloldali összefogás'') was the informal name of a short-lived political alliance in Hungary of five political parties formed for contesting the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election. The parties involved were the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Together 2014 (E14), Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and Hungarian Liberal Party Hungarian Liberal Party ( hu, Magyar Liberális Párt, shortened form Liberals (''Liberálisok'') or MLP) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary that was formed on 27 April 2013 and is led by Ane ... (MLP). It was dissolved in aftermath of the alliance's poor results. Members Election results See also * 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election * United for Hungary References {{Hungarian political parties 2014 disestablishments in Hungary 2014 establishments in Hungary Defunct political party allianc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fót
Fót is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location Fót is about north of the edge of Budapest. The North Hungarian foothills lie to the west. The nearest settlement to the west is Dunakeszi, to the northeast are Csomád and Veresegyház, to the east is Mogyoród and Budapest is to the south. The highest point of nearby Somlyó Hill reaches above sea level. Architecture The older areas of Fót feature the notable Catholic Szeplőtelen Fogantatás (Immaculate Conception) Church, built between 1845 and 1855, and the Károlyi Palace, both designed by architect Miklós Ybl. Notable people *Gábor Agárdy (1922–2006), actor of Armenian descent * József Cselényi (1899–1949), singer-songwriter *Zsolt Erdei (born 1974), professional boxer *András Fáy (1786–1864), politician and writer * Janos Garáy (1812–1853), poet, writer and journalist * Ádám Madaras (born 1966), pentathlete *András Stohl (born 1967), actor Twin towns – sister citie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Revolution Of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hungarian domestic policies imposed by the Soviet Union (USSR). The Hungarian Revolution began on 23 October 1956 in Budapest when university students appealed to the civil populace to join them at the Hungarian Parliament Building to protest against the USSR's geopolitical domination of Hungary with the Stalinist government of Mátyás Rákosi. A delegation of students entered the building of Hungarian Radio to broadcast their sixteen demands for political and economic reforms to the civil society of Hungary, but they were instead detained by security guards. When the student protestors outside the radio building demanded the release of their delegation of students, policemen from the ÁVH (Államvédelmi Hatóság) state protection author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Hungarian Parliamentary Election
The 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election took place on 6 April 2014. This parliamentary election was the 7th since the 1990 first multi-party election. The result was a victory for the Fidesz–KDNP alliance, preserving its two-thirds majority, with Viktor Orbán remaining Prime Minister. It was the first election under the new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on 1 January 2012. The new electoral law also entered into force that day. For the first time since Hungary's transition to democracy, the election had a single round. The voters elected 199 MPs instead of the previous 386 lawmakers. Background After the 2010 parliamentary election, Fidesz won a landslide victory, with Viktor Orbán being elected as Prime Minister. As a result of this election, his government was able to alter the National Constitution, as he garnered a two-thirds majority. The government was able to write a constitutional article that favored traditional marriages, as well as one that lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Bajnai
György Gordon Bajnai (; born 5 March 1968) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and economist, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary from 2009 to 2010. Prior to that, he functioned as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development from 2007 to 2008, then as Minister of National Development and Economy from 2008 to 2009. In March 2009, following Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's announced resignation, Bajnai was nominated by the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) to become Hungary's next head of government. Bajnai became prime minister when the parliament passed a constructive motion of no-confidence against Ferenc Gyurcsány on 14 April 2009. He held the office until the formation of the Second Orbán Government following the 2010 parliamentary election. Returning to politics, Bajnai established Together 2014, a coalition of left-wing and liberal political movements and civil organizations, in October 2012. The movement would have been an umbrella organization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together 2014
Together ( hu, Együtt), officially Together – Party for a New Era ( hu, Együtt – A Korszakváltók Pártja), formerly also known as Together 2014 ( hu, Együtt 2014), was a social-liberal political party in Hungary formed on 26 October 2012 for the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election by Gordon Bajnai, the former Prime Minister of Hungary, to contest Viktor Orbán's government. Together was founded as a coalition of left-wing and liberal political movements and civil organizations that transformed itself into a party in March 2013. The party had formed an electoral alliance with the Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and they won together four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the European Parliament in 2014. Together dissolved after its poor performance in the 2018 parliamentary election. Members During its foundation, the coalition consisted of three civil society organizations: * Patriotism and Progress Association led by Gordon Bajnai. The ''Patriotism and Progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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