election

14/09/2016

State secretary urges ethnic Hungarian participation in quota vote

  Budapest (MTI) – János Árpád Potápi, the state secretary for ethnic Hungarian communities abroad, has urged ethnic Hungarians to participate in Hungary’s Oct. 2 referendum […]
06/09/2016

Jobbik congratulates AfD party their success at the regional elections

Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary is glad to have received the news of Alternative für Deutschland having exceeded the psychological threshold of 20 per cent […]
25/08/2016

LMP urges consultations on election rules

  Budapest, August 25 (MTI) – The opposition LMP party has called for talks with other opposition parties to discuss changing the election rules with a […]
22/08/2016

Parliament session on election law amendment abandoned – UPDATE

Budapest, August 22 (MTI) – A special session of Hungary’s parliament initiated by the Jobbik party aimed at amending the election law was abandoned for lack […]
22/08/2016

Parliament special session unlikely to reach quorum – Preview

Budapest, August 21 (MTI) – A special session of parliament initiated by the Jobbik party to discuss amending Hungary’s election law is unlikely to reach quorum […]
18/08/2016

Jobbik: Parliament session on election law thwarted

Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has initiated an extraordinary session of parliament in order to vote on its proposal to amend Hungary’s election […]
16/08/2016

Jobbik gathers sufficient support for parlt session on election law

Budapest (MTI) – The Jobbik party has collected the required number of signatures to initiate a special session of parliament for August 22 to discuss amending […]
14/08/2016

Quota referendum campaign starts in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – The campaign preceding the government’s referendum on the European Union’s migrant quota system, set for October 2, officially started on Saturday. Under Hungary’s […]
12/08/2016

Election committee rejects Socialist complaint over govt’s quota referendum campaign

Budapest, August 12 (MTI) – The National Election Committee on Friday threw out a complaint the opposition Socialist Party had filed concerning the government’s quota referendum […]
10/08/2016

LMP says Socialists wrong to sit out election law amendment talks

Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – The Socialist Party was wrong to stay away from a meeting parliamentary parties held earlier this week to discuss a possible […]
08/08/2016

No amendment likely to election law in connection with quota referendum

Budapest, August 8 (MTI) – No amendment to Hungary’s election law can be expected after talks were held on Monday among parliamentary parties at the initiative […]
05/08/2016

Socialists plan to name PM candidate next summer

Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party plans to name its candidate for prime minister sometime during the summer of 2017, party leader Gyula […]
04/08/2016

Jobbik initiates special parliament session to amend election law

Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has initiated an extraordinary session of parliament for later this month to amend Hungary’s election law with a […]
03/08/2016

LMP calls on govt to allow all Hungarians abroad to vote by mail in autumn referendum

Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP party has called on the government to allow all Hungarians living abroad, including those working in western […]
03/08/2016

Liberals propose introducing e-voting

Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – The Liberal Party has proposed that Hungary should follow Estonia’s example and introduce electronic voting in its election system. Anett Bősz, […]
02/08/2016

Socialists: Allow all Hungarians abroad to vote by mail

Budapest, August 1 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists have called on the government to ensure that every Hungarian living outside the country can participate in the […]
02/08/2016

Referendum on migrant quotas: complicated voting procedure for Hungarians working in the West

According to nol.hu, it will be much more complicated to “send a message to Brussels” from London or from Brussels than from Transylvania, as the same […]
29/07/2016

Socialist, LMP discuss opposition strategies before 2018

Budapest (MTI) – The head of the Socialist Party and the co-leader of LMP held a public discussion focusing on opposition strategies before the next general […]
28/07/2016

Szijjártó: Hungary has right to voice opinion on US presidential election

Budapest, July 28 (MTI) – Hungary has no intention of interfering in the US presidential election, as it is an internal affair of the American people, […]
19/06/2016

Socialists to focus on social issues in election campaign

Budapest, June 19 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party wants to focus on education, health care, child welfare, seniors and anti-graft efforts and the party’s candidates […]