Hungarian Communist Workers' Party

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The Hungarian Communist Workers' Party in Hungary (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt in Hungarian) was born on December 17, 1989, as a re-organized form of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP). Its chairman is Gyula Thürmer. It has always opposed capitalism, and has never been represented in the Parliament since the 1989 change of regime. Left Front is the youth organisation of the HWP. They take an active part in the anti-imperialist movement.

It was born under the same name as its predecessor, "Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party" and changed its name to "Workers' Party" in 1993. In the same year, a group of hardliners broke away to form the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. It took its present name on November 12 2005 when a faction separated from it to form Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 (Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006), led by János Fratanolo.

The HCWP opposed Hungary’s joining the NATO. In 1996 the party organised a countrywide collecting of signatures for a referendum about NATO-membership. That time the parliamentary parties blocked it. The HCWP opposes the participation of Hungary in NATO and other military operations. It demands to call back all Hungarian soldiers, and to cut down the rising military expenditures. The HCWP opposes Hungary’s participation in the so called “democratisation” program directed against Belarus, Serbia etc. The HCWP played an outstanding role during the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. It demanded to stop the aggression. The HCWP was against the Iraq-war. The party demands the peaceful and just settlement of the Middle East crisis. It supports the position of the progressive Arab countries. The HCWP wants Hungary to have a multiple foreign policy, to have good relations with all parts of the world. It criticises the government because the official policy does not pay enough attention to the development of relations with Japan, China, Russia, and Arab countries. The HCWP supported Hungary’s joining the European Union. At the same time it emphasized that there will be a lot of losers, and it is the government that should do all possible measures to save the Hungarian people.

At the last legislative elections, on the 9th of April 2006, the party won 0.41% of the popular vote and no seats.

[edit] External link

• Munkáspárt (Hungarian)
• Munkáspárt (English)
• [1] Weekly newspaper of the party called "Freedom"
• [2] Website of the youth organisation Baloldali Front - KISZ

[edit] References

• An article in Hungarian about its becoming Hungarian Communist Workers' Party

Political parties of Hungary
Represented in the National Assembly (386)	Hungarian Socialist Party (190) | Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (141) | Christian Democratic People's Party (23) | Alliance of Free Democrats (20) | Hungarian Democratic Forum (11) | Association for Somogy * (1) *Officially as independent
Not represented in the Parliament **	MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP & Jobbik) (2.20%) | Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (0.41%) | Centre Party (0.32%) | Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (0.02%) | others (0,27%) **By last elections' results [3]. Limit for parties to join the National Assembly in Hungary is 5% of popular votes
Represented in the European Parliament (24)	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (12) | Hungarian Socialist Party (9) | Alliance of Free Democrats (2) | Hungarian Democratic Forum (1)