Fidesz
Hungarian political party
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Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség; often shortened to Fidesz) is a nationalist political party in Hungary.
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| President | Viktor Orbán |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Ideology | Hungarian nationalism[1][2] National conservatism[3] Social conservatism[4] Right-wing populism Christian democracy[5] Economic nationalism[6] Anti-communism[7] |
| Political position | Right-wing[a] |
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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.
References
change- ↑ Mabry, Tristan; McGarry, John; Moore, Margaret; O'Leary, Brendan (2013). Divided Nations and European Integration. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 379.
- ↑ "Hungary experiences nationalism renaissance". Deutsche Welle. 1 June 2012.
- ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ↑ "Orban drags Hungary through rapid change". Financial Times. 7 February 2011.
- ↑ "Hungary: the Fidesz Project" (PDF). Aspen Institute. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ The Hungarian Patient: Social Opposition to an Illiberal Democracy. Central European University Press. 2015. p. 21.
- ↑ "EU chief defends Marx in controversial speech to mark communist's birth".
- ↑ Kingsley, Patrick (16 December 2018). "Opposition in Hungary Demonstrates Against Orban, in Rare Display of Dissent". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ↑ Novak, Benjamin; Kingsley, Patrick (12 December 2018). "Hungary Creates New Court System, Cementing Leader's Control of Judiciary". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ↑ Cowburn, Ashley. "Michael Gove refuses to condemn far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban". The Independent. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ↑ Schaeffer, Carol (28 May 2017). "How Hungary Became a Haven for the Alt-Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ↑ Kuper, Simon (September 11, 2019). "Why rightwing populism has radicalised". Financial Times.
- ↑ Kondor, Katherine (January 30, 2019). "The Hungarian paradigm shift: how right-wing are Fidesz supporters?". openDemocracy.
- ↑ Zerofsky, Elisabeth (January 7, 2019). "Viktor Orbán's Far-Right Vision for Europe". The New Yorker.
- ↑ Walt, Vivienne (May 22, 2019). "Hungary's Far-Right Government Has Been Getting a Boost from President Trump Ahead of E.U. Elections". Time.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (13 September 2018). "It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary". Vox. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (17 December 2018). "Hungary's prime minister stole the country's democracy. Now Hungarians are rising up". Vox. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ↑ Santora, Marc; Erlanger, Steven (2019-03-20). "Top E.U. Coalition Suspends Party Led by Orban, Hungary's Leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Lendvai, Paul (2018-04-07). "The Most Dangerous Man in the European Union". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
- ↑ Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).