Hungary
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1. Despite the fact that, based on the latest party preference survey, support for Fidesz has not increased since April, government politicians consider the government’s antiimmigrant campaign a re...
As the Hungarian government is losing support while Jobbik is on the rise as its most important challenger, Viktor Orbán is trying to halt the popularity of the far-right party by putting......
In the last five years Fidesz implemented several measures that were originally part of Jobbik’s program. There are several fields where the rhetoric of Fidesz and Jobbik have converged....
Political Capital's study on Kremlin's connections to the Hungarian far-right....
On April 12, the far-right Jobbik candidate won a by-election in the individual constituency of Tapolca....
On February 22, in an electoral district in western Hungary, considered as a stronghold for the right, Zoltán Kész, an independent candidate beat his rival representing the ruling party by 9%....
While we cannot expect that Hungary will be breaking the EU consensus over sanctions alone in the future, Hungary can remain an important member in the club of sanctions-critical EU member states. ...
From a diplomatic aspect, the joint press conference by the German chancellor and the Hungarian prime minister revealed some disagreements....
An analysis on the Hungarian municipal elections, held on October 12, 2014....
Jobbik managed to hold on to the majority of its mayoral seats, 14 of its mayoral candidates won at the municipal election....
Fidesz rewrites the rules in the middle of the game and is ready to change the local election system to suit its own purposes....
An analysis on the outcomes of the European Parliamentary elections....
Fidesz performed worse than in 2010, but the new election system helped them gaining a two-thirds majority again. The left-wing opposition lagged behind previous expectations. The huge imbalance betwe...
The Hungarian parliamentary election has left only one question open, whether the governing party can retain its two-thirds majority in Parliament or not....
An analysis on the relationship between Jobbik and Iran....
Hungarian party preferences in December, 2013. Based on data from Ipsos, Medián, Századvég and Tárki....
Fidesz has implemented the most significant changes in the electoral system since the transition. Below, we summarize the most important changes based on their impact on the electoral results....
Hungarian party preferences in December, 2013. Based on data from Ipsos, Medián, Századvég and Tárki....
There has been a proliferation of ‘new’ opposition movements before and after the 2010 elections. They vary in size, ideology, form, structure and their relationship with party politics....