The rise of Jobbik poses a credible threat to Fidesz’s dominance in Hungary

Pirro, Andrea L.P. (2015) The rise of Jobbik poses a credible threat to Fidesz’s dominance in Hungary. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (17 Apr 2015). Website.

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Fidesz has been the dominant party in Hungary in recent years and secured a ‘supermajority’ of two-thirds of MPs in the Hungarian parliamentary elections in 2014. However, as Andrea L. P. Pirro writes, the party’s position has come under threat of late, with a by-election loss earlier in the year removing the supermajority, while another by-election on 12 April was won by a representative from the far-right Jobbik party. He argues that while the era of Fidesz dominance is far from over, the rise of Jobbik poses a challenge for the country’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2017 09:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 19:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71313

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