Fidesz have won a clear victory in Hungary’s elections, but their supermajority hangs in the balance

Saltman, Erin Marie (2014) Fidesz have won a clear victory in Hungary’s elections, but their supermajority hangs in the balance. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (07 Apr 2014). Website.

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Hungary held parliamentary elections on Sunday. As Erin Marie Saltman writes, Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party came out comfortably ahead in the vote and will maintain its majority in the next parliament. However with the votes still being counted, there is still some doubt over whether Fidesz will have the ‘supermajority’ required to alter the country’s constitution. Regardless of the final count, she argues that the elections mean Hungary will continue along a more centralised and nationalistic path, including a potential reorientation away from ‘Western powers’ and toward Russia.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 09:31
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 19:29
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72032

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