Fidesz

Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union, Fidesz short or Fidesz MPSZ [ fidɛs ] (Hungarian Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség ) is a political party in Hungary with national conservative orientation. It was originally founded as a liberal protest organization of young intellectuals and has later developed into the most important civil party in the country. The party is a member of the European People's Party ( EPP). Party Chairman is Viktor Orbán.

History

Under the name " Alliance of Young Democrats " (Hungarian Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, from the acronym Fidesz ) the party was founded on 30 March 1988 by 37 young intellectuals in Budapest in the dormitory Bibó István. The Board consisted of six people at the beginning.

From 1988 up to the first free elections after the turn you could define the party as a radical party of young people. They took an active part in demonstrations and were known by a speech of Viktor Orbán in the country after the ceremonial reburial of Imre Nagy, who eventually also contributed to the fall of the communist regime. The party played an important role in the negotiations at the "round table " before the turn, where she was then represented by Viktor Orbán, László Gábor Fodor and Kövér.

From 1990, the party continued its political activities in Parliament. Fidesz in 1992 was inducted into the International Liberals ( whose member the party remained until 2000). In 1993, a group ( of them Gábor Fodor ) the party and joined the liberal party SZDSZ. Fidesz named in 1996 in " Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Party " - around and took in the second half of the 1990s positions of the conservative- liberal economic party Hungarian Democratic Forum ( Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF) to (Magyar Polgári Part, Fidesz - MPP Fidesz ) who lost at this time votes.

After the 1998 elections Fidesz could form a coalition government together with the MDF and the Independent Party of Smallholders, the agricultural laborers and the bourgeoisie ( Független Kisgazdapárt, FKGP ). Became Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

In the elections of 2002, the votes obtained by Fidesz was not enough to form a government. Therefore, the candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Part, MSZP ), Péter Medgyessy was commissioned to form a government. In spring 2003, Fidesz took its present name to Fidesz - MPSZ. After a success in the 2004 European elections Fidesz in 2005 was an alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party ( Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP ), but had to concede defeat to the socialist- liberal coalition of MSZP and SZDSZ in the parliamentary elections of 2006.

In summer 2007, Fidesz was criticized after the party had not condemned the establishment of the right-wing paramilitary organization Hungarian Guard. The Hungarian Guard sought - even by military means - the "disposal" of notoriously corrupt government to Gyurcsány. Fidesz Board Viktor Orbán spoke out against the use of force and was criticized by the extreme right.

In the parliamentary elections in Hungary in 2010, Fidesz won the first round with 53 percent of the vote, followed by the Socialist MSZP, the far-right Jobbik and the left ecological LMP. In the second ballot on 25 April 2010 Fidesz built its lead with direct mandates and achieved a two-thirds majority in Parliament. Then the new Parliament elected 29 May 2010 Viktor Orbán as prime minister and 29 June 2010 Pál Schmitt as president.

Substantive Profile

In social issues Fidesz represents quite conservative positions. He emphasizes, in particular, pro- church and pro- family values . Authoritarianism and nationalism are very strongly rooted in the rhetoric and politics of Fidesz; due to the EU membership of Hungary calculated observers to the 2010 elections but with a moderation of the nationalism of the party in government. This expectation has not been confirmed since the accession of the party in May 2010, numerous government actions triggered violent European criticism for the alleged degradation of democracy, human rights and the rule of.

Compared with the economic liberal SZDSZ and their first reign 1998-2002 is the party - due to the extremely poor economic situation in Hungary - economically now on a slightly different course. In the context of numerous deregulation in recent years that have made Hungary one of the European countries with the highest rate of privatization, Fidesz called, for example, in the 2006 election campaign, the privatized Budapest airport to nationalize again. Likewise Fidesz came for a health care system that is to be available to all at no additional cost, and turned against privatization of the health sector.

For the period after the 2010 election the party tax cuts announced as a major objective. So far (since accession ), these have not been conducted with justification of the national debt; as well as the reversal of the deregulation has so far not been implemented. Focus of previous government work is the transformation of the civil service, along with numerous layoffs, and more control over the media sector, which has been criticized from the European Union as a threat to press freedom and freedom.

Although she is often accused of fomenting the Western media, or at least tolerance of anti-Semitism, which Asked by Fidesz and the KDNP Orbán government is the first government in Hungary, which has admitted a joint responsibility of the country in the Holocaust and for saying sorry.

Fidesz

History

Substantive Profile

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Election results

Parliamentary elections

Local elections

European elections