Dialogue – The Greens' Party (, , prior to 2023 known as Dialogue for Hungary, , ), in short Párbeszéd or Párbeszéd – Zöldek, is a

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political party in Hungary that was formed in February 2013 by eight MPs who left the

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(LMP) party. Since its foundation, the party has never independently participated in any election.

History

The Dialogue for Hungary party had formed a coalition with the

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party; together, they won four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the

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. Dialogue for Hungary took one seat from the four in the Hungarian parliament and had one representative in Brussels. On 24 August 2016, spokesperson Bence Tordai announced that the shortened form of the party's name would change to "Dialogue". In September 2016, the party's logo was changed to Párbeszéd (Dialogue), instead of "PM" by removing the word Hungary. In the spring of 2018 the party formed an alliance with the

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(MSZP). In the 2019 local elections the party's chairman

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was elected as

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Symbols

Logo pm.svg, Party logo, 2013–2016 Logo of the Dialogue for Hungary.svg, Party logo, 2016–2023 Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja.png, Party logo, since 2023

Co-leaders

Election results

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European Parliament

Footnotes

External links

Official website
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