Movement for a Better Hungary
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| Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom | |
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| Leader | Gábor Vona |
| Founded | 24 October 2003 |
| Headquarters | {{{headquarters}}} |
| Political ideology | Nationalism Irredentism |
| International affiliation | none |
| European affiliation | none |
| Colour(s) | Red-Silver |
| Website | [1] [2] |
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The Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom) is a radical right-wing political party in Hungary, led by Gábor Vona.
It was launched as a circle of friends of right-wing students at the Eötvös Loránd University in November 1999, under the name Jobboldali Ifjúsági Közösség ("Right-wing Youth Community"), in short, Jobbik. It spread over several other universities in the country and became a political movement. Its short name, Jobbik, is not only an acronym but a word on its own, meaning "the better one" (i.e., out of a closed set) as the word for "better" (and "right") is simply jobb in Hungarian. The leader of the organization was Dávid Kovács, who had been a member of MIÉP since 1994.
It first stepped to the public in 2002, protesting against the objections by Gyula Horn against the historical Churches taking political stances. It tried to create a more radical right-wing formation than Fidesz.
Taking its present name, it became a party on October 24 2003.
In August 2007 it formed a paramilitary like organisation called the Magyar Gárda (Hungarian Guard).
In April 2008 opinion polls indicate that Jobbik supported by 7% of voters in Hungary.
[edit] Resources
- An article in Hungarian about the origins of Jobbik from Magyar Narancs, December 4, 2003
www.jobbik.com is not homepage of the party
[edit] External links
- Official web site - English
- Official web site (Hungarian)
- Changing of the Garda An article in The Economist about the Hungarian far right
- Deed of Foundation (Hungarian)
- "Third way" platform: The nationalist right gets together (HVG)
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