Dialogue – The Greens' Party
Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja
AbbreviationPárbeszéd – Zöldek; PM
Leader
SpokespersonRichárd Barabás
Founded17 February 2013
Split fromLMP – Hungary's Green Party
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[2] to left-wing[3]
National affiliationUnited for Hungary
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
European Parliament groupThe Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours  Green
National Assembly
6 / 199
European Parliament
0 / 21
County Assemblies
1 / 381
General Assembly of Budapest
2 / 33
Party flag
Website
parbeszed.hu

Dialogue – The Greens' Party (Hungarian: Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja, prior to 2023 known as Dialogue for Hungary, Hungarian: Párbeszéd Magyarországért), in short Párbeszéd or Párbeszéd – Zöldek, is a green political party in Hungary that was formed in February 2013 by eight MPs who left the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) party.

History

The Dialogue for Hungary party had formed a coalition with the Together 2014 party; together, they won four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the European Parliament. Dialogue for Hungary took one seat from the four in the Hungarian parliament and has one representative in Brussels.

On 24 August 2016, spokesperson Bence Tordai announced that the shortened form of the party's name would change to "Dialogue".[4] In September 2016, the party's logo was changed to Párbeszéd (Dialogue), instead of "PM" by removing the word Hungary.

In the spring of 2018 the party formed an alliance with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). In the 2019 local elections the party's chairman Gergely Karácsony was elected as Mayor of Budapest.

Symbols

Co-leaders

TermMale co-chairFemale co-chair
2013–2014Benedek JávorTímea Szabó
2014–2022Gergely Karácsony
2022–Bence TordaiRebeka Szabó

Election results

National Assembly

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats +/– Status
Votes  % Votes  %
2014[lower-alpha 1] Benedek Jávor
Tímea Szabó		 1,317,879 26.85% (#2) 1,290,806 25.57% (#2)
1 / 199
 New Opposition
2018[lower-alpha 2] Gergely Karácsony
Tímea Szabó		 622,458 11.31% (#3) 682,701 11.91% (#3)
3 / 199
 Increase 2 Opposition
2022[lower-alpha 3] 1,983,708 36.90% (#2) 1,947,331 34.44% (#2)
6 / 199
 Increase 3 Opposition
  1. ↑ Run within Unity coalition.
  2. ↑ Run in coalition with MSZP.
  3. ↑ Run within United for Hungary coalition.

European Parliament

Election year # of overall votes  % of overall vote # of overall seats won +/-
20141 168,076 7.25% (#5)
1 / 21
20192 229,551 6.61% (#4)
0 / 21
 Decrease 1

1 In an electoral alliance with Together (Együtt). They gained one seat, PM politician Benedek Jávor.

2 In an electoral alliance with Hungarian Socialist Party.

Further reading

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. ↑ Kester, Eddy (18 December 2018). "Hungary: Opposition vows renewed protests after holiday lull". Associated Press. Budapest. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Lyman, Rick (2 October 2016). "Hungary Votes Against Migrants, but Too Few to Clear Threshold". The New York Times. Budapest. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "A PM-ből kiválik Magyarország". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
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