The Greens, the Party of Normal People ( hu, Zöldek, a Normális Emberek Pártja; ZÖLDEK), also known mostly by its shortened form Green Party, is the first

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political party in

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and also in post-communist countries, formed on 19 November 1989 following the end of communism.

History

Several former active members of the Duna Kör had participated in the foundation of the Green Party of Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Zöld Párt; MZP) in Budapest on 19 November 1989. The first branches had already established in

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(23 October) and

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(8 November). The national congress elected a 15-member national board and 7-member presidency (its members were including Gábor Hraskó and Erzsébet Schmuck). The MZP did not have a strong central management, two centers of power emerged ( Southern Transdanubia and Cisdanubia). After the failure 1990 election, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 899. the Debrecen branch led by Árpád Kotsis left the party to establish the Regional Green Party of Hungary (MRZP). When

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became Party President in March 1993, the party gradually changed its political position from moderate to radical right-wing. The MZP adopted anti-liberal, anti-communist, anti-Semitic and pro-fascist elements to its program and also criticized

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and

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. Medveczki also founded and registered the party's paramilitary wing, the Alliance of National Green Youth. Despite its green ideology, the MZP under Medveczki supported the construction and expansion of the

Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams The Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams (more precisely ''Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Waterworks'', hu, Bős–nagymarosi vízlépcső, ''Slovak language, Slovak: Sústava vodných diel Gabčíkovo – Nagymaros'') is a large barrage project on the Danub ...

. They rejected Hungary's join to the

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. On 5 June 1993, critics of Medveczki's politics, quit the party and established the Green Alternative (ZA), led by

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. In November 1995, Ottó Stekler also decided to left MZP to found the

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(MSZZP). The MZP remained unsuccessful in the forthcoming elections. In 2003, the party campaigned against Hungary's against

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the

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. Before the 2006 parliamentary election, it joined the electoral coalition of Centre Party, but did not gain any seats. In August 2011, they renamed to Hungarian Environmentalists' Party ( hu, Magyar Környezetvédők Pártja, MAKÖP). Medveczki ran for mayor in

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in 2017, achieving 2.22% of the vote. In Medveczki registered a new party called Greens, the Party of Normal People ( hu, Zöldek, a Normális Emberek Pártja). He ran once again in the 2020

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by-election gaining 0.7%.

Election results

National Assembly

References

Sources

External links

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