LMP

24/01/2016

Astonishing preponderance of government in the Hungarian media

According to the news analysis of Nézőpont Institute, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the most-speaking government politician, while Gábor Vona (Jobbik) is the first among the […]
21/01/2016

Budapest city assembly fails to raise quorum, session cancelled

Budapest, January 21 (MTI) – The extraordinary session of Budapest’s municipal assembly on public transport funding convened for Thursday morning had to be cancelled as it […]
19/01/2016

Opposition parties lambast government over education policy – UPDATE

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Parties of the leftist and green opposition have savaged the public education system, pointing to meagre salaries and poorly run state […]
18/01/2016

LMP: Hungarian families have low access to healthy food

Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian families spend the highest proportion of their income on food in the European Union and healthy food is the luxury of rich […]
17/01/2016

LMP supports referendum call on City Park, Olympics issues

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition LMP party supports the referendum initiatives on organising the Budapest Olympics and the upgrade of the Varosliget (City Park), Antal Csardi, […]
13/01/2016

Government proposes amending constitution to define ‘state of terrorist threat’

Budapest (MTI) – The government has proposed amending the constitution to include a so-called “state of terrorist threat” among instances that mandate the mobilisation and, if […]
09/01/2016

LMP: Nuclear power plant expansion really about Fidesz graft

Budapest, January 9 (MTI) – The green LMP opposition party has repeated its call on the government to halt the Paks nuclear power plant expansion, claiming […]
04/01/2016

LMP: Youth emigration could be biggest challenge of 2016

Budapest, January 4 (MTI) – Young people leaving Hungary in increasing numbers could be the biggest challenge of 2016, opposition LMP party said. It is estimated […]
30/12/2015

LMP: 4 million people in the country living below the subsistence level

Budapest, December 30 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP party on Wednesday said that if it had been in power in 2015, people’s standards of living […]
22/12/2015

Government, unions, employers reach deal on minimum wages

Budapest, December 22 (MTI) – The economy ministry on Tuesday reached an agreement with three employer associations and two trade unions on the monthly minimum wages […]
20/12/2015

Current economic policies won’t help Hungary bridge EU wage gap, says LMP

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s current economic policies will never close the wage gap with the European average, the co-leaders of the green LMP party told a […]
17/12/2015

LMP: Government land auctions “betrayal”

Budapest, December 17 (MTI) – In the course of auctioning off state farmland, the government has “betrayed the country for the sake of a couple of […]
16/12/2015

Fidesz-Christian Democrats winners of 2015, says Nezopont

Budapest, December 16 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats have been the winners of 2015 after increasing their popularity by 8 percent from a low point […]
16/12/2015

LMP files criminal report about alleged Eximbank loan for TV2 purchase – UPDATE

Budapest, December 16 (MTI) – The green opposition LMP will file a criminal report for abuse of power and mismanagement against an unknown perpetrator in connection […]
14/12/2015

LMP sees no guarantees for keeping Paris climate change deal

Budapest (MTI) – There is no guarantee that the climate change agreement adopted at the Paris summit will be kept, the green opposition LMP party’s Erzsebet […]
07/12/2015

LMP: Government fostered work schemes waste of money

Budapest, December 7 (MTI) – The government’s hastily expanded fostered work schemes only manage to conserve poverty; targeted programmes are needed instead, which help return people […]
06/12/2015

LMP: Budapest public transport in critical condition

Budapest, December 6 (MTI) – The proposal to nationalise the Budapest transport company BKV shows that the city’s public transport system is in critical condition, the […]
05/12/2015

Hungary has lot to do on climate change, says LMP

Paris (MTI) – Hungary still has a lot of climate change-related tasks left to fulfill, including the restructuring of its farming sector, LMP lawmaker Erzsebet Schmuck […]
24/11/2015

Lawmakers hold anti-corruption debate in parliament

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – Corruption and migration are two of the most serious problems that have overrun the country, Gabor Vona, leader of the radical […]
23/11/2015

LMP lawmaker dumps manure in front of govt office building in protest of land sales

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – Green opposition LMP lawmaker Benedek R Sallai on Monday dumped a truckload of manure in front of a government office building […]