Fidesz in a sentence

Andrea Bocskor and Andras Gyurk, MEPs of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, called for an urgent resolution in a statement sent to MTI.

Fidesz has actively promoted a conservative intellectual culture, celebrating thinkers like the English philosopher Roger Scruton — a favorite of Margaret Thatcher — drawing in like-minded academics from around the world.

Since the referendum on child protection, a Fidesz working group has been drafting the bill, he said.

The ruling Fidesz party said in reaction that “the dollar left” backed “the migrant resettlement plans of Brussels and the Soros network”, would dismantle the border fence and “create migrant ghettos in Hungary”.

According to a new poll by Szazadveg, Hungary’s ruling alliance of Fidesz and the Christian Democrats continues to hold a comfortable lead over the other parties.

And Orbán’s system is not afraid to use the press to exploit Magyar’s vulnerabilities, with Fidesz having waged a strong political campaign to tarnish his image in the eyes of female voters since the spring.

DK, she said, is asking people to sign a petition, adding that whoever considered it important to defeat the ruling Fidesz party should sign it.

Gulyás dismissed opinion polls indicating the Tisza Party was ahead of Fidesz, saying that such pollsters did not gauge public opinion but tried to shape politics.

He is the head of Fidesz, described as a right-wing and nationalist populist party.

He said that by nominating Szentkiralyi as its mayoral candidate, ruling Fidesz “has made it clear that it wants Budapest to be the government’s mouthpiece”, insisting that if elected, Szentkiralyi “would do what the prime minister tells her”.

His right-wing populist party, Fidesz, scored its lowest ever EU election result.

Hungary must receive “every euro cent it is entitled to”, an MEP of ruling Fidesz said on Wednesday, adding that “ideological blackmail” was unacceptable.

Magyar, a former insider within Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, has since February denounced the nationalist Orbán as running an entrenched “mafia state,” and declared war on what he calls a propaganda machine run by the government.

MEPs of Hungary’s Fidesz rejected the package and “will protect Hungary’s independence, sovereignty and the security of its citizens among all circumstances,” he said.

On an almost weekly basis, new voice recordings swirl around Hungarian media exposing Magyar for various controversies: his voters “stinking mouths,” his MEP candidates, or at journalists — both Fidesz-aligned and independent.

Orban has brushed off the challenge, but nonetheless "Fidesz has been making serious efforts to nip this movement in the bud," said political analyst Zoltan Lakner.

The billboard was paid for by the governing right-wing Fidesz party, which claims that opposition parties serve foreign interests and undermine Hungarian sovereignty.

The Fidesz MEP blamed EPP leader Manfred Weber, siding with the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party, for taking every opportunity “to attack Hungary” in revenge for having had his bid to become European Commission president derailed.

The governing Fidesz party, which holds an absolute majority in parliament, has stalled Sweden’s bid since July 2022, alleging that Swedish politicians have told “blatant lies” about the condition of Hungary’s democracy.

The tough-talking Judit Varga had been due to lead the governing Fidesz party into battle against the "Brussels bureaucrats" in the European elections in June.