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Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006 - Európai Baloldal | |
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| Leader | Attila Vajnai |
| Founded | November 2005 |
| Split from | Hungarian Communist Workers' Party |
| Headquarters | Budapest |
| Ideology | Eurocommunism Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Social Democratic Party of Hungary[1] |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| Colors | Red |
| National Assembly | 0 / 199 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
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| munkaspart-2006.hu | |
TheWorkers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left (Hungarian:Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006 - Európai Baloldal), shortly European Left is apolitical party inHungary. It was created in mid-November 2005 from the internal opposition of theHungarian Workers' Party (then the Hungarian Communist Workers' Party).[citation needed] Its leader is János Fratanolo.
Its request to become a member of theParty of the European Left was accepted by the EL Executive Board, during the meeting held in Geneva from 23 to 25 October 2009.[citation needed]
On 8 September 2016, theTáncsics – Radical Left Party (then known as the Left Party) announced on its website that the two parties will cooperate in preparation for the2018 parliamentary election.[2]
In early 2022, theSocial Democratic Party of Hungary announced on its website that the two parties will cooperate in preparation for the2022 parliamentary election.[1] Joining forces, the two parties did not manage to stand a single official candidate in the election according to the official website of the election office, valasztas.hu. Also in 2022, thePeople's Front announced that they will join the party but will continue as a political organization.[3]
While the party is active in other ways, it has not participated in recent elections. For example, it has not successfully fielded any candidate in the 2022 parliamentary election, in the 2024 European Parliamentary election or in the local elections in 2024.
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* Threshold for parties to join the National Assembly in Hungary is 5% of the popular vote, 10% for coalitions of two parties, and 15% for coalitions of three or more parties. |
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