Dialogue for Hungary

Dialogue for Hungary
Leader	Gergely Karácsony Tímea Szabó
Founded	17 February 2013
Split from	Politics Can Be Different
Ideology	Green liberalism Pro-Europeanism Feminism
Political position	Centre-left
European Parliament group	The Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours	Green
National Assembly	1 / 199
European Parliament	1 / 21
County Assemblies	1 / 419
Website
parbeszedmagyarorszagert.hu
Politics of Hungary Political parties Elections

Dialogue for Hungary (Hungarian: Párbeszéd Magyarországért, PM), also known its shortened form Dialogue since September 2016, is a Hungarian green liberal political party, formed in February 2013, after having the Dialogue for Hungary Platform of the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) and eight MPs left the LMP party and established their new organization.

The party had formed a coalition with the "Together 2014" and they won together four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the European Parliament. The "Dialogue for Hungary" has taken one seat from the four in the Hungarian parliament and has one representative in Brussels.

On 24 August 2016, spokesperson Bence Tordai announced that the shortened form of the party's name will change to "Dialogue", and the Hungary word is removed.^[1] In September 2016, the party's logo is changed to Párbeszéd (Dialogue), and the "Hungary" name is removed.

Election results

For the Hungarian Parliament:

Election year	National Assembly				Government
	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
2014^1	1,246,465	25.99%	1 / 199		in opposition

For the European Parliament:

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/-
2014^2	168,076	7.25% (#5)	1 / 21

¹ In an electoral alliance with Together, Hungarian Socialist Party, Democratic Coalition and Hungarian Liberal Party.

² In an electoral alliance with Together (Együtt). They gained one seat, PM politician Benedek Jávor.

Further reading

• "Beintett Bajnainak az LMP, lemondott Jávor Benedek". 18 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
• "LMP fails to elect new parliamentary group leader as split in party continues". 26 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
• "Ismét Schiffer András az LMP-frakció vezetője". 26 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
• "LMP rejects proposals for new strategy at party congress". 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "LMP splits over cooperation with Together 2014; caucus may remain intact". 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "LMP rebels to establish Dialogue for Hungary as a full-fledged party". 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "Eight breakaway LMP lawmakers to sit as independents". 11 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "Jávor Benedek és Szabó Tímea vezetik a Párbeszéd Magyarországért tömörülést". 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
• "Megszűntnek tekinti az LMP-frakciót a Fővárosi Közgyűlés". 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
• "Dunaújvárosi a Párbeszéd Magyarországért első helyi szervezete". 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
• "Former PM Bajnai's political movement officially forms political party". 9 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

See also

• List of political parties in Hungary

Footnotes

1. "A PM-ből kiválik Magyarország". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)