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February 15, 2010, 10:21 CET

Fidesz leaders not to compete individually at elections

Most of Fidesz's senior politicians will not run as individual candidates for Parliament, national council president László Kövér said Sunday. Kövér told state news agency MTI that there is a great chance that Fidesz will win in all 176 individual... [read complete entry]

December 15, 2009, 08:01 CET

Women remain window dressing in Hungary's largest political parties

Although 8 of the 22 MEPs sent to Strasbourg by Hungary were women, in local politics the ratio is far lower, origo.hu reports. In the case of the Socialist Party, a quota exists whereby 1 in every 5 nominees on... [read complete entry]

October 27, 2009, 09:53 CET

MP stages "giveaway" protest against alleged woes of local manufacturers

Fidesz MP Ildikó Gáll Pelcz handed out Szerencsi Retro chocolate bars to her fellow MPs to demonstrate that Hungarian SMEs are disadvantaged in relation to multinational firms before regular House business on Monday. Pelcz opined that Hungary's products rarely make... [read complete entry]

July 07, 2009, 09:37 CET

Katona tipped to succeed Szili as House Speaker

Socialist deputy caucus leader Béla Katona will succeed Speaker Katalin Szili when party MPs decide on her successor in early September, Socialist sources told index.hu on Monday. Leading party officials had reportedly earlier decided that Katona would have been nominated... [read complete entry]

June 15, 2009, 09:32 CET

Orbán re-elected at Fidesz convention

Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán and the party’s four deputy chairpersons, Mihály Varga, Lajos Kósa, Zoltán Pokorni and Ildikó Gáll Pelcz were re-elected at the 23rd Fidesz convention in the Sportmax stadium in Budapest's 12th District on Saturday afternoon. Orbán received... [read complete entry]

June 08, 2009, 10:33 CET

Fidesz rejects call by Jobbik for street demonstrations to force elections

Hungary's problems should be sorted out in parliament rather than on the streets, the deputy chairwoman of main conservative party Fidesz told commercial television ATV on Monday. Ildiko Gall was responding to a statement by leader of the radical nationalist... [read complete entry]

May 11, 2009, 08:56 CET

Anti-austerity demonstration features prams, diapers

Several hundred parents, grandparents and small children - many in prams - held a peaceful demonstration against the government's austerity measures in front of Parliament on Sunday. "We are here to call attention to the brutal austerity measures… seriously impacting... [read complete entry]

December 11, 2008, 01:39 CET

Roma MEP to be face of Fidesz's European Parliamentary election campaign

Next year, Lívia Jároka will be the face of opposition party Fidesz's European Parliamentary campaign, left-leaning daily Népszava reports. According to the newspaper's sources, the sole Roma member of Fidesz's current EP delegation will be the centerpiece of a video... [read complete entry]

November 27, 2007, 09:49 CET

Parliament rejects bill on MP gender parity

Parliament has voted against a bill that would have required a minimum numbers of female MPs be elected in each cycle. [read complete entry]