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Antikommunista politika Magyarországon – a Fidesz jobboldalisága
Anti-communist policy in Hungary – the rightist character of Fidesz

Author(s): Zoltán Lakner
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Globális Tudás Alapítvány

Summary/Abstract: In analyzing the history and current situation of Hungary’s largest right-wing party, the Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz-MPSZ), this article also reviews the most important questions regarding the Hungarian right since the change in regime. How did Fidesz transform from a small party professing liberal values into the leading party of the Hungarian right? The author, a political scientist, examines how the Hungarian party system developed, and outlines the main sources of political confrontation between the left and right. What does the Fidesz-dominated right stand for?

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 89-104
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Hungarian