Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)

Christian Democratic People's Party

Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt
Christian Democratic People's Party Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt
Abbreviation	KDNP
President	Zsolt Semjén
Deputy President	Péter Harrach; Miklós Seszták
Founded	13 October 1944
Legalised	1989
Preceded by	United Christian Party
Headquarters	Bazsarózsa u. 69.,; 1141 Budapest
Youth wing	Young Christian Democratic Alliance
Women's wing	Christian Democratic People's Party Women's Wing
Ideology	Christian right; Political Catholicism; National conservatism; Social conservatism; Agrarianism; Soft Euroscepticism;
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Roman Catholicism
National affiliation	Fidesz–KDNP
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Colors	Green and gold
Slogan	Több fényt! ("More Light!")
National Assembly	19 / 199
European Parliament	1 / 21
Website
	kdnp.hu
	Politics of Hungary; Political parties; Elections;

The Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungarian: Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP) is a right-wing Christian democratic^[3]^[7] political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a satellite party of Fidesz.^[8]^[9] The party has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since the 1990s (with the last time it did so being 1994), as it was not able to pass the election threshold of 5% of the vote. Without Fidesz, its support is now low enough that it can no longer be measured,^[10]^[11]^[12] and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár, stated that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.^[13]

^ "Juhász Hajnalka: Fontos az azonos értékrendű közösség, mert erőt ad és összetart".
^ András Körösényi (1999). Government and Politics in Hungary. Central European University Press. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-963-9116-76-4.
^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe.
^ András Körösényi (1999). Government and Politics in Hungary. Central European University Press. p. 66. ISBN 9786155211379.
^ Samu, Tamás Gergő (2008). "Euroszkepticizmus és Reformszerződés" [Euroscepticism and the Reform Treaty] (PDF). De Iurisprudentia et Iure Publico (in Hungarian). 2 (2). Szeged: Hungarian Association of Law and Political Sciences: 13. ISSN 1789-0446. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ Kovács, Zoltán (2001). "The Geography of Post-Communist Parliamentary Elections in Hungary". In Meusburger, Peter; Jöns, Heike (eds.). Transformations in Hungary: Essays in Economy and Society. Springer-Verlag. p. 253. ISBN 978-3-642-57584-6. ISSN 1431-1933.
^ Magone, José (2011). Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. pp. 364, 456. ISBN 978-1-136-93398-1.
^ Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
^ Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).
^ hvg.hu (2010-07-21). "Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága".
^ Szonda Ipsos polls (2009-07-02). "Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
^ "Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)". 2011-05-13.
^ hvg.hu (2011-07-18). "Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)".

[1] "Juhász Hajnalka: Fontos az azonos értékrendű közösség, mert erőt ad és összetart".

[Körösényi1999-2] András Körösényi (1999). Government and Politics in Hungary. Central European University Press. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-963-9116-76-4.

[PEE-3] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[4] András Körösényi (1999). Government and Politics in Hungary. Central European University Press. p. 66. ISBN 9786155211379.

[5] Samu, Tamás Gergő (2008). "Euroszkepticizmus és Reformszerződés" [Euroscepticism and the Reform Treaty] (PDF). De Iurisprudentia et Iure Publico (in Hungarian). 2 (2). Szeged: Hungarian Association of Law and Political Sciences: 13. ISSN 1789-0446. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[6] Kovács, Zoltán (2001). "The Geography of Post-Communist Parliamentary Elections in Hungary". In Meusburger, Peter; Jöns, Heike (eds.). Transformations in Hungary: Essays in Economy and Society. Springer-Verlag. p. 253. ISBN 978-3-642-57584-6. ISSN 1431-1933.

[Magone2011-7] Magone, José (2011). Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. pp. 364, 456. ISBN 978-1-136-93398-1.

[8] Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".

[9] Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).

[10] vg.hu (2010-07-21). "Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága".

[11] Szonda Ipsos polls (2009-07-02). "Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2012-08-30.

[12] "Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)". 2011-05-13.

[13] vg.hu (2011-07-18). "Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)".

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