The Social Union ( hu, Szociális Unió) (SZU) was a

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

political party in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

. It had a

tradition A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

alism and social democratic ideology.

Establishment

Its leader

Katalin Szili Katalin Szili (born 13 May 1956) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, a former Member of the National Assembly, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2009. Following an administrative career in the Hungarian People's Rep ...

used to be a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and served as

Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary The Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország Országgyűlésének elnöke, literally the President of National Assembly of Hungary) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Hungary. The current Speaker is Lás ...

between 2002 and 2009. She came to be considered inner opposition inside the MSZP since 2009. In 2009 Szili resigned from her position as speaker of Parliament; she was subsequently succeeded by

Béla Katona Béla Katona (born 9 February 1944 in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Da ...

of MSZP. She formed the Movement of Alliance for the Future in 2010 and had own candidates in some areas in the

2010 Hungarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to elect the members of the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections since the end of the communist era. 386 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in a combined ...

. Szili was elected to the Parliament of Hungary via the

Baranya County Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...

Party list where she was chairperson of the local MSZP chapter. After the 2010 local elections, held on 3 October, she founded the Social Union (SZU) and became its first chairperson. As a result, she quit the Hungarian Socialist Party and their parliamentarian group. Continuing the parliamentarian work as formally independent MP. However, as an elected parliamentarian she served a four-year term ending in 2014. Thus the new party Social Union instantly had some representation in Parliament, which is usually not possible for parties having won less than 5% of votes. The Social Union merged to the Community for Social Justice People's Party (KTI) in 2013.

Elections

Sándor Arnóth Sándor Arnóth (22 February 196016 March 2011) was a Hungarian politician and member of the National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body c ...

, the Member of Parliament for Püspökladány (

Hajdú-Bihar County Hajdú-Bihar ( hu, Hajdú-Bihar megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nag ...

constituency VI) died in a car accident on 16 March 2011. During the mid-term election the Social Union's candidate was a 27-year-old trader named Róbert Bányász.Megelőzte az MSZP-t és a Fideszt Szili Katalin pártja
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Footnotes

External links

Official web site
{{Hungarian political parties Social democratic parties in Hungary Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Hungary 2013 disestablishments in Hungary