Much international attention has been directed in the past few days, to a Jobbik MP’s anti-Semitic remarks in the Hungarian parliament. The statement quickly left one of the chief figures of Jobbik in a ridiculous position, as he publicly demonstrated that he failed to decipher a more than obviously sarcastic message he received from LMP’s Katalin [...]
December 7th The higher-level education act, along with the 2012 budget, and the Széll Kálmán package, plans on shutting down community colleges, technical schools, and universities. Classrooms will close, institutions will lose their autonomy, and students rights will be curtailed; the promised improvement of quality is highly unlikely. The act is filled with so many [...]
Gergely Karácsony, parliamentary representative, introduced LMP’s (Politics can Be Different’s) proposal for the Hungarian election system. The plan includes a two-rounded, mixed parliamentary election, in which the threshold to obtain mandates would be lowered from five to three percent. The substitute faction leader finds the reduction of mandates sensible, but not nearly as critical as [...]
Mr. Schiffer announced on Monday, May 23rd that for the protection of fundamental employee rights, LMP has initiated a request at the National Election Commission for a ten-question referendum addressing urging issues of economic vulnerability and restrictions. A press conference was held Monday morning next to the Parliament by the fraction leader of LMP as [...]
Benedek Jávor, chairman of the Hungarian Parliament’s Committee for Sustainable Development, and Bence Tordai, spokesman for LMP, introduced the joint publication prepared by LMP and the Green Group in the European parliament regarding the main challenges for the Hungarian EU-presidency. The publication is called “A different vision for Europe – Green priorities for the Hungarian EU presidency”. The publication addresses the priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency, and what actions Hungary must take in order to make this term a success.
My party in Hungary, Politcs Can be Different – the Hungarian ecological party – welcomes this debate. We sincerely hope that this debate and the current European public discourse on the topic will have, in the end, a beneficial effect. While we understand that a crucial question is whether France’s action towards Roma migrants was [...]
On January 19th, LMP’s Misetics Bálint held a town-hall meeting to address the issue of homelessness. To better understand the problem, several current and past homeless individuals joined the conversation. Many of these participants were members of Város Mindenkié (The city is for everyone), an organization lead by those who once were or currently are [...]
This Article was translated from 168ora.hu by LMP. See bellow for citation. -“It’s hard to fight against stereotypes when we are living in a society which supports the ideals of unfairness and leaving those in need to themselves” said Szombati Kristóf, LMP member, in our interview. As LMP’s coordinator for Roma Politics, he also told [...]
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