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Momentum Movement Momentum Mozgalom | |
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Abbreviation | Momentum |
Leader | Márton Tompos |
Deputy Leader | Lajos Lőcsei |
Executive Board Members | |
Spokesperson | Áron Varsányi |
Founded | 4 March 2017 |
Headquarters | 1077 Budapest, Rózsa utca 22. |
Newspaper | Van remény |
Youth wing | Momentum TizenX |
Membership | 2,500 |
Ideology | Liberalism[3] |
Political position | Centre[6] |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[7] |
European Parliament group | Renew Europe (2019–2024) |
International affiliation | Liberal International (observer member) |
Colours | Purple |
Slogan | Új arcok, új Magyarország ('New faces, new Hungary') |
National Assembly | 10 / 199
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European Parliament | 0 / 21
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County Assemblies | 37 / 381
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General Assembly of Budapest | 0 / 33
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Momentum Movement (Hungarian: Momentum Mozgalom, Momentum) is a centrist Hungarian political party founded in March 2017. It came to national prominence as a political association in January 2017 after organizing a petition about the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, calling for a public referendum on the matter. The petition, which gathered over 266,151 signatures, was successful, but the government cancelled the Olympic bid before a referendum could have been held.[8] After its establishment as a political party, Momentum quickly built a national following, and presently has approximately 4,000 members.[when?] Momentum party candidates appeared on the ballot in most electoral districts in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, promoting the replacement of the government of Viktor Orbán and advocating a new generation of political change in the country. The party obtained 3.06% of the votes, failed to reach the 5% threshold and did not get any seats in the National Assembly. In the 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary, the party obtained 9.86% and became the third largest party in the election. Two candidates of the party – Katalin Cseh and Anna Donáth – were elected to the European Parliament.[9] In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election it ran under the list of the United for Hungary and entered parliament for the first time with 10 MPs.[10][11][12]
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