Tag: hungarian elections

With the new conservative government, a value-oriented change is happening in Hungary, writes András István Türke, director of the Europa Varietas Institute, in a May study. With the country about to adopt a national law on dual citizenship, Türke warns that special attention should be paid to how to communicate this change to the international community.

Hungary's next prime minister, Viktor Orban, said on 25 April that voters had carried out a "revolution" by giving his party two thirds of the seats in parliament to rebuild Hungary after a near financial collapse.

Hungary's opposition European People's Party-affiliated Fidesz will bar foreigners from buying arable land indefinitely if it wins elections next month, party leader Viktor Orban said on 31 March. Fidesz is widely expected to obtain an absolute majority in parliament.

Hungary and Slovakia must make a major effort to overcome nationalist tension, Péter Balázs, recently appointed as Hungary's new foreign minister, told EurActiv Hungary in an exclusive interview.

Mr Peter Medgyessy, the Socialist winner of the Hungarian general elections, was elected as Hungary's new Prime Minister by the Parliament on 27 May. Mr Medgyessy replaces Viktor Orban, whose Fidesz/Democratic Forum party was defeated in the 21 April general elections.

Hungary's centre-right government suffered a defeat at the first round of parliamentary elections on 7 April. The opposition Socialist Party took the lead with 41.2 percent of the votes, against 40.3 percent for the joint centre-right list, dominated by the ruling Fidesz party.