Hungarian Justice and Life Party
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}
| leader1_title = First leader
| leader1_name = István Csurka
| leader2_title = Last leader
| leader2_name = Tibor Nagy
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|14|386|hex=#CC9900}}
| seats1_title = Most MPs (1998)
| foundation = 15 July 1993
| newspaper = Magyar Fórum
| ideology = {{nowrap|Hungarian nationalism{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/hungary.html|title=Hungary|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2002|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207132052/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/hungary.html|archive-date=7 February 2005|access-date=20 April 2019}}
National conservatism{{Cite book|title=Rechter und linker Populismus: Annäherung an ein Chamäleon|page=231|publisher=Campus-Verlag|year=2012|author=Karin Priester|isbn=9783593397931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8rlAgAAQBAJ&q=miep+nationalkonservativ&pg=PA231}}
Social conservatism
Hard Euroscepticism
Hungarian irredentism{{cite web|url=https://politikberatung.or.at/fileadmin/studien/rechtspopulismus/Rechte_Parteien_2020.pdf|title=Rechtsextreme und rechtspopulistische Parteien in Europa|date=April 2020|author=Werner T. Bauer|website=Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikberatung und Politikentwicklung|access-date=17 June 2020|pages=97, 98}}{{cite web|url=https://www.budapester.hu/inland/aufbau-eines-neuen-mitteleuropas/|title=Aufbau eines neuen Mitteleuropas|year=2020|website=Budapester Zeitung|access-date=17 June 2020}}}}
| headquarters = Hercegprímás utca 4, 1051 Budapest
| website = {{url|http://www.miep.hu/}}
| country = Hungary
| national = MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (2005-2006)
| split = Hungarian Democratic Forum{{Cite book|title=Regierungssysteme Zentral- und Osteuropas: Ein einführendes Lehrbuch|page=102|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=2013|author=Ulrich Widmaier, Andrea Gawrich, Ute Becker|isbn=9783663112761|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmDwBgAAQBAJ&q=miep+nationalkonservativ&pg=PA102}}
| merged = Our Homeland Movement
| name = Hungarian Justice and Life Party
| native_name = {{lang|hu|Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja}}
| logo = Insignia Hungary Political Party MIÉP.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| flag = 150px
| position = Far-right
| european = Euronat (formerly)
| europarl =
| dissolved = 27 July 2021
| youth_wing = MIÉP Young Section
| colours = {{colorbox|#CC9900|border=silver}} Gold
}}{{Conservatism in Hungary|Parties}}
The Hungarian Justice and Life Party ({{langx|hu|Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈmɒɟɒr ˈiɡɒʃːaːɡ ˈeːʃ ˈeːlɛt ˈpaːrcɒ|pron}}, MIÉP) was a nationalist political party in Hungary that was founded by István Csurka in 1993.
History
In the 1998 legislative elections, the party won 5.5% of the votes and gained parliamentary representation, with 14 seats.
In the 2002 elections, the party won 4.4% of the popular vote and no seats.
In 2005, MIÉP joined forces with a newer, radical Hungarian nationalist political party, Jobbik. The new political formation was registered under the name the MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties. It purported to speak for Christians whilst standing up for the rights of Hungarian minorities in the neighbouring countries. The programme was based on a "law and order" agenda, in order to crack down on crime. Following an acrimonious failure in the 2006 elections the alliance broke up. In the aftermath, MIÉP lost its leadership of the far-right forces in Hungary, with Jobbik going on to achieve success in the 2010 elections.
Csurka died on 4 February 2012, aged 77, after a long illness.{{cite web |url=http://index.hu/belfold/2012/02/04/meghalt_csurka_istvan/ |title=Meghalt Csurka István |date=4 February 2012 |language=hu|publisher=Index.hu|access-date = 4 February 2012}} He was replaced by former MP Zoltán Fenyvessy. In 2017, Zoltán Fenyvessy was replaced by Tibor Nagy.{{Cite web|url=https://hu-hu.facebook.com/MIEPhivatalos/photos/pcb.1110771919033849/1110771582367216/?type=3|title=Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja MIÉP|website=hu-hu.facebook.com|language=hu|access-date=2017-03-10}}
In early 2019, Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk Mozgalom) made an alliance with Hungarian Justice and Life Party and the agrarian Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party.{{Cite web|url=https://magyarnarancs.hu/belpol/a-fuggetlen-kisgazdapart-is-csatlakozna-a-miep-es-a-mi-hazank-mozgalom-egyuttmukodesehez-117506|title = A Független Kisgazdapárt is csatlakozna a MIÉP és a Mi Hazánk Mozgalom együttműködéséhez| date=20 February 2019 }}
On 27 July 2021, the MIÉP was dissolved, and merged into the Our Homeland Movement.{{Cite web|title=Kuruc.info - Megszűnt a MIÉP, felszámolási eljárásban az FKGP - vezetőik a Mi Hazánk jelöltjei lettek|url=https://kuruc.info/r/2/231818/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=Kuruc.info hírportál|language=hu}}
Party leaders
| class="wikitable"
! ! Image ! Name ! Entered office ! Left office ! Length of Leadership |
| 1
|60px | 15 July 1993 | 4 February 2012 † | {{age in years, months and days|1993|07|15|2012|02|04}} |
|---|
| 2
|60px | {{ill|Fenyvessy Zoltán|hu}} | 28 October 2012 | 6 March 2017 | {{age in years, months and days|2012|10|28|2017|03|06}} |
| 3
|60px | Tibor Nagy | 6 March 2017 | 27 July 2021 | {{age in years, months and days|2017|03|06|2021|07|27}} |
Parliamentary representation
= [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]] =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:16px;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"| Election
! colspan="3"| Votes ! colspan="2"| Seats ! rowspan="2" style="width:30px;"| Rank ! rowspan="2" style="width:145px;"| Government ! rowspan="2"| Prime Minister |
|---|
| style="width:75px;"| #
! style="width:45px;"| % ! style="width:48px;"| ±pp ! style="width:100px;"| # ! style="width:40px;"| +/− |
| 1994
| {{center|85,431}} | {{center|1.58%}} | – | {{Composition bar|0|386|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 12 | 10th | extra-parliamentary |
| 1998
| {{center|248,901}} | {{center|5.47%}} | {{increase}}3.89 | {{Composition bar|14|386|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{increase}} 14 | 5th | {{no2|in opposition}} |
| 2002
| {{center|245,326}} | {{center|4.37%}} | {{decrease}}1.1 | {{Composition bar|0|386|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 14 | 4th | extra-parliamentary |
| 20061
| {{center|119,007}} | {{center|2.2%}} | {{decrease}}2.17 | {{Composition bar|0|386|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 5th | extra-parliamentary |
| 2010
| {{center|1,286}} | {{center|0.03%}} | {{decrease}}2.17 | {{Composition bar|0|386|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 10th | extra-parliamentary |
| 20142
| {{center|2,054}} | {{center|0.04%}} | {{increase}}0.01 | {{Composition bar|0|199|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 33rd | extra-parliamentary | Zoltán Fenyvessy |
| 2018
| {{center|8,713}} | {{center|0.15%}} | {{increase}}0.11 | {{Composition bar|0|199|hex={{party color|Hungarian Justice and Life Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 10th | extra-parliamentary | Tibor Nagy |
1In an electoral alliance with Jobbik, under the name of the "MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties", joined by Independent Smallholders’ Party (FKgP) organisations from 15 counties.
2In an electoral alliance with Smallholders' Party.
= [[European Parliament]] =
| class=wikitable |
| Election year
! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! +/- ! Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| 72,203 | 2.35% (5th) | {{Composition bar|0|24|hex=}} | | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.miep.hu/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040929125439/http://www.miep.hu/ |date=2004-09-29 }}
- [http://hvg.hu/english/20051017nationalistright.aspx "Third way" platform: The nationalist right gets together] (HVG)
- [https://archive.today/20070311010553/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2371248.html Far Right tries to take control of the revolt] The Times, September 23, 2006
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