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Events in the year 2024 in Hungary .
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LMP – Hungary's Green Party is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election. It is a member of the Global Greens, and suspended member of the European Green Party.
Gergely Szilveszter Karácsony is a Hungarian politician, political scientist and current Mayor of Budapest. He previously served as member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014 and Mayor of Zugló from 2014 to 2019.
Momentum Movement is a centrist Hungarian political party founded in March 2017. It came to national prominence as a political association in January 2017 after organizing a petition about the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, calling for a public referendum on the matter. The petition, which gathered over 266,151 signatures, was successful, but the government cancelled the Olympic bid before a referendum could have been held. After its establishment as a political party, Momentum quickly built a national following, and presently has approximately 4,000 members. Momentum party candidates appeared on the ballot in most electoral districts in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, promoting the replacement of the government of Viktor Orbán and advocating a new generation of political change in the country. The party obtained 3.06% of the votes, failed to reach the 5% threshold and did not get any seats in the National Assembly. In the 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary, the party obtained 9.86% and became the third largest party in the election. Two candidates of the party – Katalin Cseh and Anna Donáth – were elected to the European Parliament. In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election it ran under the list of the United for Hungary and entered parliament for the first time with 10 MPs.
The following lists events that happened during 2018 in Hungary.
Origo is a major Hungarian-language news website founded in 1998 by telecommunications company MATÁV. In 2018, Origo was the third most visited Hungarian website. Since 2015, Origo has been regularly criticised for its uncritical support of the Fidesz political party and regularly spreading fake news. Some critics describe the website as "state-run propaganda".
Péter Márki-Zay, often referred to by his initials MZP, is a Hungarian politician, marketer, economist, electrical engineer and historian. He has served as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely since 2018, and is the co-founder of the Everybody's Hungary Movement. As the winner of the 2021 opposition primary, he was the candidate of the United for Hungary challenging Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the 2022 parliamentary election, which he lost.
The following lists events in the year 2020 in Hungary.
An opposition primary was held in Hungary, between 18–28 September 2021 and 10–16 October 2021, to select the candidate for Prime Minister of Hungary supported by the opposition parties to form a coalition to compete in the 2022 parliamentary election. It was the first countrywide primary election in the political history of Hungary. The parties had also selected common candidates for single-member districts via the primary.
United for Hungary was a political alliance in Hungary that was formed to compete in the 2022 parliamentary election. The alliance lost the 2022 election, and dissolved shortly after.
Events in the year 2022 in Hungary.
The Solution Movement is a political party founded in 2021 led by entrepreneur György Gattyán. The party was formed for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, in which it did not win any seats.
In the run-up to the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, various organizations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Hungary. The results of such polls are displayed in this article.
Ferenc József Gelencsér is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly, and leader of the Momentum Movement party from 2022 to 2024.
Events in the year 2023 in Hungary.
The Katalin Novák presidential pardon scandal erupted on 2 February 2024, when it was revealed that in 2023, President of Hungary Katalin Novák pardoned Endre Kónya, the former deputy director of the Kossuth Zsuzsa Children's Home in Bicske, who was convicted of helping to cover up the pedophile crimes of his superior by forcing one of the victims to withdraw their confession. The case caused a major public outcry, and led to Novák's resignation as President of Hungary on 10 February 2024. Shortly afterwards, former Minister of Justice Judit Varga also resigned, both from her parliamentary seat and from her role as leader of the Fidesz list for the European Parliament election. It was she who, as Justice Minister, countersigned Katalin Novák's pardon decision. Following Novák's resignation, Tamás Sulyok took an oath to become her successor on 26 February.
Alexandra Éva Szentkirályi is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Spokesperson of the fourth and fifth Orbán Government from 1 January 2020 to 15 March 2024. She previously served as Deputy Mayor of Budapest under István Tarlós from 2014 to 2019. She was the Fidesz party candidate for Mayor of Budapest in the 2024 mayoral election, but withdrew her candidacy two days before the election.
Péter Magyar is a Hungarian politician, European Parliament member and lawyer. He is the incumbent President of the Respect and Freedom (Tisza) Party, which is currently the largest opposition party in Hungary. As such, he is widely expected to be Viktor Orbán's challenger in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections.
The 2024 Budapest mayoral election was held on 9 June 2024 to elect the mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). However, the elected mayor will only take office in October. On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest which will determine the composition of the General Assembly. The election is run using a first-past-the-post voting system. The winner of the election will serve for a term of five years.
Dávid Vitézy is a Hungarian economist, transport and urban mobility expert, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Transport in the Fifth Orbán Government for a brief time from May to November 2022. He was a candidate for Mayor of Budapest in the 2024 Budapest mayoral election.
Hungary's reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been incongruous with the attitudes of NATO and European Union member states since the beginning of the war. Hungary, a member of the European Union and NATO, was one of the few European states that did not provide military aid and completely excluded aid sent by other countries. The Hungarian government received widespread criticism for its attitude to the war, both at home and abroad: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán condemned the war, but in many of his statements he tried to blame the target of the invasion Ukraine, the Western countries and their organizations, and his political opposition instead of Russia for the prolongation of the war and its economic consequences.
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