Together 2014

Together 2014
Leader

Viktor Szigetvári (executive co-chairman)
Péter Juhász (co-chairman)

Sándor Székely (co-chairman)
Founded 26 October 2012,
8 March 2013 (officially)
Ideology Social democracy
Social liberalism[1]
Political position Centre to Centre-left
Colours Purple
National Assembly
3 / 199
European Parliament
0 / 21
County Assemblies
1 / 419
Website
Együtt 2014
Politics of Hungary
Political parties
Elections

Together 2014 (Hungarian: Együtt 2014), officially Together – Party for a New Era (Hungarian: Együtt – A Korszakváltók Pártja) is a political party in Hungary, formed on 26 October 2012 for the next Hungarian parliamentary election, to contrast Viktor Orbán's government. The current leader of the party is Viktor Szigetvári and the head of the party's national board is Gordon Bajnai, the former Prime Minister of Hungary.

The party had formed a coalition with the Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and they won together four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the European Parliament. The "Together 2014" has taken three seats from the four in the Hungarian parliament but has no representatives in Brussels.

Members

The coalition consists of three civil society organizations:

History

Gordon Bajnai announced his return to politics on 23 October 2012, during the anti-government demonstration of the One Million for Press Freedom (Milla).[4] On the protest, he called for an anti-Orbán coalition so as to form a supermajority in Parliament with the help of which the changes done by Orbán's ruling party, Fidesz could be undone.

In his speech, Bajnai repeatedly used a variant of the term ("We may fail on our own, but together, we shall prove victorious!"),[5] when he proclaimed his support for such a "cooperation between hopeful left-wingers, disappointed rightwingers, politically abandoned free-thinkers and committed Greens" that his organization along with two other civilian body named Together 2014 as a reference to the date of the next general elections in Hungary.[6] In December 2012, Bajnai announced that he intends to be a parliamentarian candidate in the 2014 general election.[7]

Alliance

On 8 March 2013, the Dialogue for Hungary (PM) has established an electoral coalition with the Together 2014, which officially formed as a political party. Benedek Jávor and Tímea Szabó, co-chairs of the green party also became members of the Together 2014's board.[8] The two parties registered a joint national list for the 2014 European Parliament election too. Dialogue for Hungary broke off the permanent nature of alliance between the two parties on 9 November 2014.[9]

Election results

For the Hungarian Parliament:

Election year National Assembly Government
# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2014*
1,246,465
25.99 %
3 / 199
 in opposition

*In an electoral alliance with Dialogue for Hungary, Hungarian Socialist Party, Democratic Coalition (Hungary) and Hungarian Liberal Party.

For the European Parliament:

Elections Number of votes Percentage of votes Placing (nationally) Number of seats Group in the European Parliament Subgroup in the European Parliament
2014** 167,012 7.22% 5th 1 (Dialogue for Hungary) The Greens–European Free Alliance European Green Party

**In an electoral alliance with the Dialogue for Hungary.

References