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Dialogue – The Greens' Party Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja | |
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| Abbreviation | Párbeszéd – Zöldek; PM |
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| Founded | 17 February 2013 |
| Split from | LMP – Hungary's Green Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] toleft-wing[3] |
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| European affiliation | European Green Party (associate member) |
| Colours | Green |
| National Assembly | 6 / 199 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| County Assemblies | 0 / 381 |
| General Assembly of Budapest | 3 / 33 |
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| Website | |
| parbeszed.hu | |
Dialogue – The Greens' Party (Hungarian:Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja,pronounced[ˈpaːrbɛseːdɒːˈzøldɛkˈpaːrcɒ], prior to 2023 known asDialogue for Hungary,Hungarian:Párbeszéd Magyarországért,pronounced[ˈpaːrbɛseːdˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡeːrt]), in shortPárbeszéd or Párbeszéd – Zöldek, is agreenpolitical party in Hungary that was formed in February 2013 by eight MPs who left thePolitics Can Be Different (LMP) party. Since its foundation, the party has never independently participated in any election.
The Dialogue for Hungary party had formed a coalition with theTogether 2014 party; together, they won four seats in the national assembly and one seat in theEuropean Parliament. Dialogue for Hungary took one seat from the four in the Hungarian parliament and had one representative in Brussels.
On 24 August 2016, spokespersonBence 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 theHungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). In the 2019 local elections the party's chairmanGergely Karácsony was elected asMayor of Budapest.
| Term | Male co-chair | Female co-chair | Managing co-chair |
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| 2013–2014 | Benedek Jávor | Tímea Szabó | Did not exist |
| 2014–2022 | Gergely Karácsony | ||
| 2022–2024 | Bence Tordai | Rebeka Szabó | |
| 2024–2025 | Richárd Barabás | Tímea Szabó |
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | +/– | Status | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 2014[a] | Benedek Jávor Tímea Szabó | 1,317,879 | 26.85% (#2) | 1,290,806 | 25.57% (#2) | 1 / 199 | New | Opposition |
| 2018[b] | Gergely Karácsony Tímea Szabó | 622,458 | 11.31% (#3) | 682,701 | 11.91% (#3) | 3 / 199 |  2 | Opposition |
| 2022[c] | 1,983,708 | 36.90% (#2) | 1,947,331 | 34.44% (#2) | 6 / 199 | 3 | Opposition | |
| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | EP Group |
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| 2014[a] | Benedek Jávor | 168,076 | 7.25 (#5) | 1 / 21 | New | Greens/EFA |
| 2019[b] | Bertalan Tóth | 229,551 | 6.61 (#4) | 0 / 21 |  1 | − |
| 2024[c] | Klára Dobrev | 367,162 | 8.03 (#3) | 0 / 21 |  0 |
| National Assembly (199) |
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| Not represented* |
* 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. |
| European Parliament (21) | |
