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LMP – Hungary's Green Party
LMP – Hungary's Green Party ( ) previously known as Politics Can Be Different ( , LMP) until 2020, is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election. It is a member of the Global Greens, and suspended member of the European Green Party. History Foundation and electoral success The party was preceded by a non-governmental organization social initiative founded in 2008, with the purpose of reforming Hungarian politics. LMP shares common ideologies with most green parties. Key issues are environmental protection, sustainable development and the fight against corruption in the current political elite. LMP highlights what they see as the pointlessness of the current partisan division between the left and right-wing forces, and their principle is deliberative democracy, which they believe decreases the distance between the people and the political elite. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Liberalism
Green liberalism, or liberal environmentalism, is liberalism that includes green politics in its ideology. Green liberals are usually liberal on social issues and "green" on economic issues. The term "green liberalism" was coined by political philosopher Marcel Wissenburg in his 1998 book ''Green Liberalism: The Free and The Green Society''. He argues that liberalism must reject the idea of absolute property rights and accept restraints that limit the freedom to abuse nature and natural resources. However, he rejects the control of population growth and any control over the distribution of resources as incompatible with individual liberty, instead favoring supply-side control: more efficient production and curbs on overproduction and overexploitation. This view tends to dominate the movement, although critics say it actually puts individual liberties above sustainability. Philosophy Green liberalism values the Earth very highly, emphasizing the importance of the planet being p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Budapest Sun
''The Budapest Sun'' was a general interest, English language newspaper based in Budapest, Hungary. The paper claimed to have the largest circulation of a foreign language newspaper in the country. History ''The Budapest Sun'' was established in 1993 by Jim Michaels. Much of the staff had come over from the already defunct ''Budapest Post''. It was acquired by Associated Newspapers of Great Britain, a member of the ''Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily Middle-market newspaper, middle-market Tabloid journalism, tabloid conservative newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. , it has the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation, h ...'' General Trust, in 1996. The paper had a circulation of 16,000 copies in 2002. ''The Budapest Sun'' was closed in early 2009, its last issue appearing on 29 January of that year. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Budapest Sun 1993 establishments in Hungary 2009 disestablishments in Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Ivády
Gábor Ivády (born 15 July 1973) was a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014. He seated as an independent MP. Biography He was born in Körmend and raised in Pápa. He attended military college then he worked in advertising. He moved to Ivád, Heves County in 2001 whence his ancestors came from. He was elected deputy-mayor of the municipality in 2002. He degree in political science faculty. He served as constituency chairman of the Fidesz for a year between 2004 and 2005. He resigned from this position and left the party. He was a candidate of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) in the 2006 parliamentary election. Later he was a founding member of the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) social initiative which later was transformed into a party. He became a member of the 13-member leadership board. During the 2009 European elections in Hungary he received second place in the LMP- HP joint list. In the 2010 parliamentary election he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of Free Democrats
The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party (, , SZDSZ ) was a liberal political party in Hungary. The SZDSZ was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and of Liberal International. It drew its support predominantly from Budapest among the middle classes, liberal intellectuals and entrepreneurs, with an ideological basis in social and economic liberalism. SZDSZ provided the first freely elected President for the Third Hungarian Republic, Árpád Göncz. The SZDSZ High Mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky was in office continuously since 1990 till 2010, when he was replaced by István Tarlós (who himself was a member of SZDSZ in the 1990s). History The party's origins lay in the illegal democratic opposition under the communist rule of János Kádár. This gave rise to the loosely organized Network of Free Initiatives (''Szabad Kezdeményezések Hálózata'') on 1 May 1988 and to the foundation of the SZDSZ as an opposition politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 European Parliament Election In Hungary
An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 June. Candidates Among the candidates that ran were: *Pál Schmitt, József Szájer, Kinga Gál, János Áder, László Surján, Lívia Járóka, András Gyürk, Béla Glattfelder, Ádám Kósa, Ágnes Hankiss for Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union *Kinga Göncz, Edit Herczog, Zita Gurmai, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Gyula Hegyi, Szabolcs Fazekas, Gyula Cserei, Mihály Kökény, Gábor Harangozó for the Hungarian Socialist Party *Lajos Bokros, Archduke Georg of Austria, György Habsburg, Szabolcs Joó, Ibolya Dávid for the Hungarian Democratic Forum * István Szent-Iványi, Gabriella Béki, Gábor Demszky, György Konrád for the Alliance of Free Democrats * Krisztina Morvai, Zoltán Balczó, Csanád Szegedi, Judit Szima, Gábor Vona for Jobbik – Movement for a Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tímea Szabó
Tímea Szabó (born 18 January 1976) is a Hungarian humanitarian worker, journalist and politician. She has been a member of the National Assembly (MP) since 2010 from the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List, and since the 2014 election as a member of Dialogue for Hungary (PM). She served as co-president of the Dialogue for Hungary since the formation of the party in February 2013 until July 2022. She also functioned as the leader of the party's parliamentary group from 2018 to 2024, with a brief interruption. She has been the managing co-leader of the party, beside the two co-leaders, since February 2024. Biography Research career Szabó graduated from the University of Szeged (communication) in 2001. According to her, she attended Harvard Law School although there is no record of her at the Harward Registrar's Office. She worked as a journalist for British and American newspapers and news agencies and reported on Hungary for five years. Later she joined a research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Scheiring
Gábor Scheiring (born 14 March 1981) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014. e received his degrees in sociology, economics and social anthropology from Corvinus University and Central European University. He was a leading member of the Védegylet which nominated László Sólyom to the position President of Hungary in 2005. He is an organizer and instructor of the Ökofeszt since 2005. He was one of the founders of the LMP in Spring 2009. He is responsible for the party's economic policy. He was a candidate as PM for Pestszentlőrinc (Budapest Constituency XXVII) in the 2010 national election. He was elected to the National Assembly from the LMP's National List. He was a member of the Economic and Information Technology Committee since 14 May 2010. In January 2013, the LMP's congress rejected electoral cooperation with other opposition forces, including Together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedek Jávor
Benedek Jávor (born 2 July 1972) is a Hungarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of Dialogue for Hungary, part of the European Green Party. Biography He finished his secondary studies at the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma. He graduated in biology at the Faculty of Science of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1997 (MSc), and in 2006 he received his Ph.D. at the same university. He has been assistant professor at the department of environmental law at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University. In 2000 he was a founding member of the environmental NGO '' Védegylet'' (Protect the Future!). He was an active organizer to support the election of László Sólyom as President of Hungary. In 2009 he was a founding member and one of the spokespersons of the Politics Can Be Different party. In the parliamentary election in 2010 he won a seat in the National Assembly. He served as Chairman of the Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadett Szél
Dr. Bernadett Szél (born 9 March 1977) is a Hungarian economist and politician, and was a member of the National Assembly (MP) between 2012 and 2022. She was co-President of the Politics Can Be Different (''Lehet Más a Politika''; LMP) party from 2013 to 2018, and its candidate for the position of Prime Minister during the 2018 parliamentary election. Between 2018 and 2022 she became an independent parliamentarian. As of 2022 she works as researcher and consultant. She is married and lives in Budakeszi with her husband and three children. Global climate protection and dedication to the green agenda, commitment to democracy and democratic Hungary, and equality of rights are consistently the main driving forces throughout her professional life. Works Szél was born in Pécs on 9 March 1977. She finished her secondary studies at the Zrínyi Miklós Secondary Grammar School in Zalaegerszeg. In 2000 she graduated from Corvinus University of Budapest (International Relations), where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Schiffer
András Schiffer (born 19 June 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian lawyer and former politician, who served as co-president of the Politics Can Be Different and leader of its parliamentary group. Schiffer announced his retirement from politics on 31 May 2016. Early life András Schiffer was born in Budapest on 19 June 1971 to journalist Péter Schiffer (born 1943), a former deputy director of the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZÁF) and jurist Anna Hajnal. Among his uncles are director Pál Schiffer and Socialist politician János Schiffer, who served as Deputy Mayor of Budapest between 1994 and 2006. His grandfather was Pál Schiffer Sr., a Member of Parliament and Hungarian Ambassador to Norway. His great-grandfather was Árpád Szakasits, a leading Social Democrat, then Communist political figure also president of Hungary in (1948–1949) and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1950) during Communist rule. Schiffer rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliberative Democracy
Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. Deliberative democracy seeks quality over quantity by limiting decision-makers to a smaller but more representative sample of the population that is given the time and resources to focus on one issue. It often adopts elements of both consensus decision-making and majority rule. Deliberative democracy differs from traditional democratic theory in that authentic deliberation, not mere voting, is the primary source of legitimacy for the law. Deliberative democracy is related to consultative democracy, in which public consultation with citizens is central to democratic processes. The distance between deliberative democracy and concepts like representative democracy or direct democracy is debated. While some practitioners and theorists use deliberative democracy to describe elected bodies whose members propose and enact legislation, Hélène Landemore and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
