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Fidesz

Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség; often shortened to Fidesz) is a nationalist political party in Hungary.

PresidentViktor Orbán
IdeologyHungarian nationalism[1][2]
National conservatism[3]
Social conservatism[4]
Right-wing populism
Christian democracy[5]
Economic nationalism[6]
Anti-communism[7]
Political positionRight-wing[a]
Website
fidesz.hu

Fidesz is in an alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The KDNP is often called a satellite party (meaning that it is strongly influenced by another party) of Fidesz.[21][22]

Viktor Orbán has led the party continuously since 2003.

Fidesz has been the most popular party in Hungary since the 2010 elections.

Fidesz Media

  • The former main office building of Fidesz

  • Countries autocratizing (red) or democratizing (blue) substantially and significantly (2010–2020). Countries in grey are substantially unchanged. Hungary was during this decade one of the countries with the most democratic backsliding.

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  • László Kövér Senate of Poland 01

  • Pokorni Zoltan 2008-10-23 (crop)

  • Janos Ader, Hungarian lawyer and politician, who currently serves as President of Hungary since May 10, 2012.

  • Viktor Orban

  • Fidesz strongholds: single-member constituencies electing a Fidesz MP in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Pale orange districts elected candidates of partner FKGP.

References

  1. ↑ Mabry, Tristan; McGarry, John; Moore, Margaret; O'Leary, Brendan (2013). Divided Nations and European Integration. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 379.
  2. ↑ "Hungary experiences nationalism renaissance". Deutsche Welle. 1 June 2012. http://www.dw.com/en/hungary-experiences-nationalism-renaissance/a-15991580. 
  3. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  4. ↑ "Orban drags Hungary through rapid change". Financial Times. 7 February 2011. https://www.ft.com/content/560076f6-32eb-11e0-9a61-00144feabdc0. 
  5. ↑ "Hungary: the Fidesz Project" (PDF). Aspen Institute. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ↑ The Hungarian Patient: Social Opposition to an Illiberal Democracy. Central European University Press. 2015. p. 21.
  7. ↑ "EU chief defends Marx in controversial speech to mark communist's birth".
  8. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick (16 December 2018). Opposition in Hungary Demonstrates Against Orban, in Rare Display of Dissent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/world/europe/hungary-protests-viktor-orban.html. Retrieved 16 December 2018. 
  9. ↑ Novak, Benjamin; Kingsley, Patrick (12 December 2018). Hungary Creates New Court System, Cementing Leader's Control of Judiciary. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/hungary-courts.html. Retrieved 12 December 2018. 
  10. ↑ Cowburn, Ashley. "Michael Gove refuses to condemn far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban". The Independent. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Schaeffer, Carol (28 May 2017). "How Hungary Became a Haven for the Alt-Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Kuper, Simon (September 11, 2019). "Why rightwing populism has radicalised". Financial Times.
  13. ↑ Kondor, Katherine (January 30, 2019). "The Hungarian paradigm shift: how right-wing are Fidesz supporters?". openDemocracy.
  14. ↑ Zerofsky, Elisabeth (January 7, 2019). "Viktor Orbán's Far-Right Vision for Europe". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/viktor-orbans-far-right-vision-for-europe. 
  15. ↑ Walt, Vivienne (May 22, 2019). "Hungary's Far-Right Government Has Been Getting a Boost from President Trump Ahead of E.U. Elections". Time. https://time.com/5590134/hungary-foreign-minister-interview/. 
  16. ↑ Stone, Jon (September 30, 2019). "Hungarian opposition party says its meetings in parliament were bugged". The Independent. Hungarian politics is dominated by Viktor Orban's far-right Fidesz party, which is supported by a largely partisan pro-government media that marginalises opposition voices.
  17. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (13 September 2018). "It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary". Vox. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/13/17823488/hungary-democracy-authoritarianism-trump. Retrieved 12 October 2019. 
  18. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (17 December 2018). "Hungary's prime minister stole the country's democracy. Now Hungarians are rising up.". Vox. https://www.vox.com/world/2018/12/17/18144648/hungary-protest-orban-labor-democracy. Retrieved 12 October 2019. 
  19. ↑ Santora, Marc; Erlanger, Steven (2019-03-20). "Top E.U. Coalition Suspends Party Led by Orban, Hungary's Leader" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/world/europe/orban-epp.html. Retrieved 2019-05-29. 
  20. ↑ Lendvai, Paul (2018-04-07). "The Most Dangerous Man in the European Union". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  21. ↑ Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
  22. ↑ Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).

Notes

  1. ↑ [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
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