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 right wing ^[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 2002 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.

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 evident mainly in far right publications and demonstrations. 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. Observers recognized agents of the far-left in this crowd; the apparent purpose of this was to demonize right-wing parties demonstrations and protests against the current government's agenda.^{[citation needed]} The Hungarian center-right continues to keep its distance from the right-wing demonstration, which was led by Csurka. [2]

[edit] References

^ 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

v • d • e Political parties in 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%)

Represented in the European Parliament (24)	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (12) - Hungarian Socialist Party (9) - Alliance of Free Democrats (2) - Hungarian Democratic Forum (1)

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