Hungarian Justice and Life Party

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The Hungarian Justice and Life Party (Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja, in short: MIÉP) is a far right^[1] political party in Hungary led by István Csurka. It was founded in 1993.

At the legislative elections in 1998 the party won 5.5% of the votes and gained parliamentary representation, with 14 seats.

At the last legislative elections, April 7 and 20, 2002, the party won 4.4% of the popular vote and no seats.

In 2005, MIÉP joined forces with a newer, right-wing political party, namely the Movement for a Better Hungary. The new political formation has been registered under the name the MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties and it purports to speak for Christians, stands up for the rights of Hungarian minorities in the neighbouring countries and boasts a "law and order" agenda, in order to crack down on crime.

Contents 1 Parliamentary representation 2 Anti-Semitism 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Parliamentary representation

year	vote percentage	seats	popular votes	status
1994	1.58%	0	85,431	extra-parliamentary
1998	5.47%	14	248,901	opposition
2002	4.37%	0	245,326	extra-parliamentary
2006	2.20%	0	119,007	extra-parliamentary

[edit] Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism in Hungary was manifested mainly in far right publications and demonstrations. MIÉP supporters continued their tradition of shouting antisemitic slogans and tearing the US flag to shreds at their annual rallies in Budapest in March 2003 and 2004, commemorating the 1848–49 revolution. Further, during the anniversary demonstrations of both right and left marking the 1956 uprising, antisemitic and anti-Israel slogans were heard from the right, such as accusing Israel of war crimes. The center-right traditionally keeps its distance from the right-wing demonstration, which was led by Csurka. [2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Battle for Hungary's media, BBC, 26 March, 2000 [1]

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• "Third way" platform: The nationalist right gets together (HVG)
• Far Right tries to take control of the revolt The Times, September 23, 2006

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)