The General Workers Party of Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Általános Munkáspárt, MÁMP) was a socialist political party in Hungary 1880-1890. The party was led by Leo Frankel. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Всеобщая рабочая партия
/ref> The party was formed through the merger of two parties, the Hungarian Labour Party and the Non-Voters Party. The Ministry of Interior had forbidden the party of using the name 'Social Democratic Party', since the term was seen to have revolutionary connotations.Linden, Marcel van der, and Jürgen Rojahn.
The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective. Contributions to the history of labour and society, v. 2
'. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. p. 351 The main organs of the party was '' Népszava'' (People's Voice) and the

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

edition ''Arbeiter-Wochen-Chronik''. The ideological line was largely based on the Gotha Programme, but with some differences. After Frankel's arrest in 1881, the party came under control of more moderate elements, which moved away from the ideas of

class struggle Class conflict, also referred to as class struggle and class warfare, is the political tension and economic antagonism that exists in society because of socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor. The forms ...

and proletarian internationalism. In 1889 the party took part in the founding of the Second International. In 1890 it founded a new party, the Social Democratic Party of Hungary.

References

{{Authority control Political parties established in 1880 Political parties in Austria-Hungary 1880 establishments in Austria-Hungary Social Democratic Party of Hungary Second International