Two-tailed Dog Party

Ruling parties continues to lead ahead of opposition alliance

Press release – 52 percent of Hungarians would vote for the Fidesz-KDNP national list in an election held this Sunday, and over three million people continue to support the government’s policies. The anti-government bloc, comprising seven opposition parties, is supported by 44 percent of those promising to vote in the election, reveals a representative public opinion poll conducted by Nézőpont Intézet on behalf of Hungarian daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet.

Fidesz-KDNP would get 52 percent of the votes cast in a poll this Sunday. The government parties’ popularity has remained balanced throughout 2019, with every other active voter being their sympathiser each month. The opposition parties’ circle of supporters has been stagnating since the local elections, with variance due to the activity of each party’s voter camp only. Total combined support for the anti-government side, which includes seven opposition forces (Momentum, DK, Jobbik, MSZP-P, MKKP, LMP), would come to 44 percent in the most likely list result category. It appears that in recent months opposition parties have not been able to profit from the municipal elections’ results.

The highest ranking party within the opposition is the Momentum Movement, which would get 11 percent on the list and has no parliamentary representation in Hungary at present.

In their case, it can be seen that the mistakes made abroad by their leading politicians may have had a significant impact on voter activity. Momentum holds its virtual second place, with no reversal in party support, but has lost two percentage points in popularity compared to the last survey.

Just like a month ago, apart from Momentum, the Democratic Coalition is the only other opposition party commanding two-digit support (10 percent) among those promising their turnout.

Ferenc Gyurcsány’s party is followed by Jobbik, still without a party chairman, at 9 percent.

Again, based on the size of the MSZP-P alliance voter camp (7 percent), it would not be possible to cross the 10 percent entry threshold for a joint listing of the two parties. Several opposition parties have similar concerns: the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party has 4 percent support, and the LMP, which has elected a female co-chair, has 3 percent support, as does the Our Hungary Movement.

December 10, 2019

EP election – Fidesz wins absentee vote

Hungary’s ruling alliance of Fidesz and the Christian Democrats won the absentee vote in the European Parliament election, the National Election Committee (NVB) announced on Monday.

Under Hungary’s election rules, citizens with a permanent address in Hungary who are not in the country on election day can go to the polls at Hungarian embassies and consulates. A total of 20,291 Hungarians had registered to vote abroad, of whom 17,551 showed up on election day.

Of the citizens who voted abroad, 7,222 cast their votes for Fidesz, with the opposition Momentum Movement coming second with 5,078 votes.

The leftist Democratic Coalition was third with 1,678 votes ahead of the Socialists-Párbeszéd alliance, which received 1,113. The satirical Two-Tailed Dog Party received 913 votes, LMP 700, nationalist Jobbik 400, the radical nationalist Mi Hazánk Movement 362 and the Hungarian Workers’ Party 19 votes.

The National Election Committee is expected to confirm the final outcome of the election in the middle of this week based on the combined outcome of the votes sent by mail, absentee votes and the votes cast in Hungary.

June 4, 2019

EP election Hungary RESULTS- Fidesz wins EP election with 52.14 pc

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz alliance with the Christian Democrats won the European Parliament election with 52.14 percent amid a higher-than-projected turnout in Sunday’s vote.

Results with 99.9 percent of the votes counted:

FIDESZ-KDNP – 1,777,757 votes (52.14 percent)

DK – 554,286 (16.26 percent)

MOMENTUM – 338,314 (9.92 percent)

SOCIALISTS-PÁRBESZÉD – 227,786 (6.68 percent)

JOBBIK – 219,539 (6.44 percent)

MI HAZÁNK – 113,529 (3.33 percent)

TWO-TAILED DOG PARTY – 89,635 (2.63 percent)

LMP – 74,554 (2.19 percent)

HUNGARIAN WORKERS’ PARTY – 14.385 (0.42 percent)

The mandates won are as follows:

FIDESZ-KDNP: 13

DK: 4

MOMENTUM: 2

SOCIALISTS-PARBESZED: 1

JOBBIK: 1

The list of Hungarian MEPs are as follows:

FIDESZ-KDNP (13 seats):

Andrea Bocskor

Andor Deli

Tamás Deutsch

Kinga Gál

Enikő Győri

András Gyürk

Balázs Hidvéghi

György Hölvényi

Lívia Járóka

Ádám Kósa

József Szájer

Edina Tóth

László Trócsányi

DK (4 seats):

Attila Ara-Kovács

Klára Dobrev

Csaba Molnár

Sándor Rónai

MOMENTUM (2 seats):

Katalin Cseh

Anna Júlia Donáth

SOCIALISTS-PÁRBESZÉD (1 seats):

Bertalan Tóth

JOBBIK (1 seat):

Márton Gyöngyösi

May 27, 2019

EP election – Top opposition MEP candidates hold debate

The top candidates of six Hungarian opposition parties in the European parliamentary election held a debate on Sunday.

Socialist leader and top candidate Bertalan Tóth said voters will decide at the upcoming ballot whether a cooperative Europe could be sustained and their programme including a European minimum wage and pension, a European family allowance and “a social Europe” could be made reality.

Klara Dobrev of leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) said that the election will decide whether Europe continues on the path of becoming a “common home to 500 million citizens in an increasingly close alliance” and whether the bloc could have a hands-on impact on its citizens’ quality of life, wages and pensions.

Momentum‘s Katalin Cseh said

Hungary can only preserve its competitiveness in a strong and united Europe. Europe, however, will have to change to remain so, she said.

Gábor Vágó of Green LMP called for the EU to become the standard-bearer of climate protection, with a strong green party family.

Conservative Jobbik’s Márton Gyöngyösi said one of the party’s primary aims is wage harmonisation.

“It will have to be decided” whether the EU can take a decisive stand against migration, he said, by assigning the task to Frontex and a revived border patrol agency.

The candidate of the satyrical Two-tail Dog party, Zsuzsanna Döme, said that at stake at the elections is “preserving the country’s old opposition”. Should the party be elected to the EP, it would have a way to Hungarian parliament and public institutions, she said.

May 20, 2019

EP elections – Two-tailed Dog advocates ‘cheerful, cool’ Europe

The extra-parliamentary, satirical Two-tailed Dog party would build an “able, true, cheerful and cool” Europe, deputy party leader Zsolt Victora told public news channel M1, using the slot allotted to his party to present its programme for the May 26 European parliamentary elections, on Friday.

Victora said his party would win “all elections of all European countries and European parliamentary elections by 2034”. He said his party programme was based on “siesta each day, more days off work and making Hungarian the EU’s official language”.

Two-tailed Dog would introduce all the holidays of other European countries in Hungary, leaving only 40-50 working days a year.

Victora argued that people work too much, and added that the initiative was in line with his party’s motto demanding “more of everything, less of nothing!”

Victora said his party would represent those voters in the EP that would not vote for any other party.

THE HUNGARIAN JOKE POLITICAL PARTY: THE TWO-TAILED DOGS – PHOTOS, VIDEO

May 10, 2019

The Hungarian joke political party: the two-tailed dogs – photos, video

One of the lord mayor candidates in Budapest, backed by the biggest opposition party Jobbik and the green party LMP, Róbert Puzsér, said that he would vote on their EP list. Based on their results in the 2018 parliamentary elections, they even get state support. Everything you should know about the Hungarian two-tailed dogs in this article.

Like in Denmark

Puzsér said to azonnali.hu that the existence of the party is such a miracle that he feels as if he was living in Denmark. He shared his views on the party in a Facebook post in which he cleared that one should support the funny and centrist political parties.

Let’s displace the opposition and change the regime –

he added.

He said to azonnali.hu that he recommended Jobbik and LMP for the EP elections and helps their campaign, too, but he will give his vote to the two-tailed dogs.

Zsolt Victora, the vice-chairman of the Hungarian joke party, said that, at first, they did not believe that Puzsér himself signed their recommendation sheet. He added that they were happy because the more signatures they get, the higher chance they have of winning the election and

sending 21 MEPs to the EP

which is the aggregate number of the Hungarian MEPs. However, in return, they cannot support Puzsér in Budapest since his program does not contain the “Bela IV energy consumer” which the party plans to locate on Gellért Hill and which would supply Budapest with electricity.

Funny actions and growing popularity

The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party was founded in Szeged in 2006 but registered as an official political party only in 2014. They carried out several awareness-generating actions in the last few years. For example, in response to the government’s anti-immigration campaign, they launched an anti-anti-immigration campaign together with Vastagbőr (“Thick Skin”). For this, they collected more than 33 million HUF (tenfold of the expected amount) from supporters and set up around 800 billboards with ironic and funny slogans in Hungarian and English as caricatures of the government’s messages, such as “Sorry about our Prime Minister” and

“Feel free to come to Hungary, we already work in England!“.

two-tailed dog party Hungarian — The party’s alternative peace march. Photo: facebook.com/justanotherwordpresspage

In 2016, in response to the quota referendum, they collected voluntary donations again worth 100,000 EUR from 4,000 people and launched a billboard campaign with posters reading “Did you know there’s a war in Syria?”, “Did you know one million Hungarians want to emigrate to Europe?“,”Did you know? During the Olympics, the biggest danger to Hungarian participants came from foreign competitors“. Furthermore, they encouraged people to vote invalidly because the question was stupid, and eventually, 6 pc of the voters cast a spoiled ballot.

In 2018, before the elections, the satirical party held an alternative Peace March in Budapest, aping the official pro-government event. Marching from Oktogon in downtown Budapest, the party’s leader, Gergely Kovács, called for “the abolition of space relations” and “the censorship of freedom and the abolition of the press”.

However, probably their most memorable move was to send their chicken candidate from Sopron to the Hungarian state television where he clucked the party’s program for the parliamentary elections. Here, you can watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpuwIl-610

In fact, the two-tailed dogs would not be the first joke party in the European Parliament. In 2014, the German Die Partei could send an MEP to Brussels/Strassburg with almost 200,000 votes. Though party leader Martin Sonneborn said then that all candidates from their list would take the seat for one month, then retire, and thus get the most money out of the European Union, he has been an MEP for almost 5 years. Interestingly, his accredited assistants are Dustin Hoffmann and Simen Manu H VANHEESWYCK.

Featured image: facebook.com/justanotherwordpresspage
Photos: facebook.com/Robert.Puzser

April 21, 2019

Orbán retains massive lead despite protests in Hungary – Poll

The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat parties have retained a massive lead of 54 percent among decided voters and 39 percent across the whole sample despite anti-government protests in December, pollster Nézőpont reported citing its latest poll carried out on a representative sample of 5,000 voting-age adults in January.

Nézőpont head Ágoston Sámuel Mraz told public media on Tuesday that

conservative Jobbik would garner 13 percent, the Socialist-Párbeszéd parties 10 percent, Democratic Coalition 7 percent and LMP 5 percent among decided voters if elections were held this weekend.

The Momentum Movement with 4 percent, the satirical Two-Tailed Dog and radical Mi Hazánk with 3 percent each would not clear the parliamentary threshold.

According to the poll, the ruling parties would have 14 mandates out of a total 21 if the European parliamentary elections were held this weekend.

Jobbik could send 3 MEPs to the European Parliament, while Socialists-Párbeszéd would have 2 deputies, and the Democratic Coalition and LMP one each.

Mráz said that Jobbik was “the loser” of the beginning of the year, having lost 250,000 voters, who joined either Fidesz or the Mi Hazánk movement. He said that those that quit Jobbik mostly belong to the 18-29 age group, in which Jobbik has enjoyed its largest support.

SECOND STRONGEST POLITICAL PARTY JOBBIK TO BE ELIMINATED BY THE STATE AUDIT OFFICE?

Tamás Sneider, the chairman of Jobbik, called together an extraordinary party congress because the State Audit Office fined the party for 270 M HUF (EUR 844 thousand). According to Sneider, they are going to discuss two topics: the termination of their parliamentary group which would raise further financial questions and the continuation of the national resistance announced by the party last year. Read more details HERE.

February 6, 2019

Support for ruling Fidesz up, opposition down since general elections – Poll

The ruling Fidesz-led alliance’s base has strengthened while support for the opposition has waned since the spring general election, according to the latest poll released by the Nézőpont Institute on Saturday.

Fully 54 percent of decided voters expressed their support for Fidesz, according to the poll completed between November 26 and December 15 with anti-government protests already under way,

Nézőpont said.

This is up 7 percent since the general election held in April, Nézőpont said.

Jobbik’s base was 14 percent, dropping altogether 6 percent over the past eight months, while core support for the opposition Socialist Party’s alliance with Párbeszéd stayed level at 11 percent.

The Democratic Coalition’s core support slightly strengthened since April, to stand at 7 percent while it was 4 percent each for LMP and Momentum.

Mi Hazánk, the party formed by former Jobbik politicians, and the satirical Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP) each firmed their support to 3 percent.

Among all voters, support for Fidesz was 38 percent, for Jobbik 9 percent, for Socialist-Párbeszéd 6 percent and for DK 4 percent. It was 2 percent each for LMP, Momentum and MKKP and 1 percent for Mi Hazánk.

Nézőpont conducted the poll by asking 2,000 people in personal interviews.

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As we wrote on Tuesday, A large majority of Hungarians support law and order and reject violent street protests that question the government’s legitimacy, the latest survey of Századvég Foundation said, read more HERE.

December 23, 2018

Anti-government demonstration staged at presidential palace in Budapest – PHOTOS

The satirical Two-tailed Dog Party staged a “national Christmas peace march” in Budapest, marching from the Parliament area to the Chain Bridge and then back to Parliament on Friday evening. After this, opposition parties and civil groups staged a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Budapest’s Castle District on Friday evening.

Two-tailed Dog stages mock-demonstration in central Budapest

Demonstrators in the front row carried an inscription “The worse the better”. The crowd chanted slogans including

“More overtime work!”, “No pensions!” or “Long live the Party”.

Two-tailed Dog party peakers addressing the event thanked the government “for all their good deeds for the people”.

Two-tailed Dog stages mock-demonstration in central Budapest — “The worse the better” Photo: MTI

Opposition parties and civil groups staged a demonstration

The protest was held under the motto “Shame on you, János!” after President Janos Áder signed a new law under which the maximum of overtime work could be raised and another one introducing public administration courts.

Anti-government demonstration staged at presidential palace in Budapest — Photo: MTI

Anna Donáth, deputy head of the Momentum movement, welcomed that protests are held “not only in Budapest but in other cities, moreover, across Europe” against the Hungarian government’s policies.

“Let 2019 be a year for resistance,” the speaker added.

Socialist board member Balázs Bárány said that people have had enough of the government’s propaganda depicting protesters as “Soros-agents and anti-Christians” and added that the government “had better get used to a different style of opposition politics from now on”.

Tamás Szűcs, head of teachers’ union PDSZ, said that “there cannot be another agenda for January than to stop the country”.

Csaba Gyüre (Jobbik), photo: MTI

Csaba Gyüre, deputy leader of conservative Jobbik, said that “we will not be slaves in our own country!”

He also demanded that the president should be directly elected rather than by parliament.

Independent MP Ákos Hadházy said that the “illegitimate laws” could be annulled if the protesters “demonstrate power”.

Párbeszéd co-leader Tímea Szabó carried a puppet with Áder’s features and said that

“the president is no other than Viktor Orbán’s puppet”.

László Varjú, an MP of the Democratic Coalition, said “it is time that the people ousted the mafia-state” and added that “if Orban wants peace he should resign”.

demonstration Budapest — Photo by Balázs Béli

As we wrote on Sunday, civil organisations and opposition parties held a demonstration against a recent law on extending voluntary overtime in Budapest. Read more here, check out photos.

December 22, 2018

Ruling Fidesz commands support of 3 million, Jobbik is the strongest opposition party

Fully 38 percent of Hungarian voters, or around 3 million people, support the ruling Fidesz-led alliance, according to a fresh poll by the Nézőpont Institute.

Based on decided voters, Fidesz would capture an absolute majority of votes,

the survey conducted by personal interviews of 2,000 people between October 10 and 29 found.

The conservative opposition Jobbik party had the backing of 10 percent of the entire sample, or around 800,000 sympathisers, unchanged from the previous month,

Nézőpont said in the report published on Friday. The new party formed by a Jobbik splinter group, Mi Hazank, polled 1 percent.

The Socialist Party together with Párbeszéd was steady with 5 percent, while DK had the support of 4 percent of the whole sample. Green party LMP only notched up 2 percent, similar to the Momentum Movement and the satirical Two-Tailed Dog Party.

Among decided voters, Jobbik was 1 percentage point lower than the previous month, at 17 percent, while the Socialist-Párbeszéd joint list had 10 percent and DK was on 8 percent.

Momentum, Two-Tailed Dog, LMP, Mi Hazánk would not pass the 5 percent threshold for parliamentary representation either in the Hungarian or EU legislatures.

Nézőpont reckons that the Fidesz-led alliance with the Christian Democrats would send 13 of their number to the European Parliament, while Jobbik would have 4 of theirs in the EP.

Socialist-Párbeszéd would have two MEPs, as would DK if the election were held currently.

Photo by Guavin Pictures

November 9, 2018

POLL: Support for Fidesz-Christian Democrats remains strong

Support for the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats has remained high, with at least a third of every demographic group expressing support for the ruling parties, pollster Nézőpont Intézet said on Monday.

Citing a poll prepared in August, Nézőpont said the only opposition party that has over 10 percent support is Jobbik.

Among all voters, 41 percent support the ruling parties, the opposition Socialists-Párbeszed alliance has 6 percent, Democratic Coalition (DK) 4 percent, LMP 3 percent, Momentum 2 percent, the satirical Two-tailed Dog Party 1 percent and the Mi Hazank Movement also 1 percent.

The Fidesz-Christian Democrats would have received 54 percent on the party list if the elections had been held in August, a 1 percent drop compared to July. Jobbik would have received 17 percent, unchanged from July, and the Mi Hazánk Movement founded by Jobbik dissidents that left the organization would have received 1 percent. DK would have received 7 percent, 1 percent up from July, and LMP would have reached the 5 percent threshold to enter parliament. The joint list of the Socialists-Párbeszed would have received 9 percent support in August.

Nézőpont Institute said

the ruling parties have a 10 percent lead ahead of the entire opposition among men and 17 percent among women.

The poll was prepared by personally interviewing 2,000 people between July 19 and August 14.

September 3, 2018