Momentum Movement

Momentum Movement
Momentum Mozgalom
Leader András Fekete-Győr
Executive Board Members Anna Donáth
Daniel Berg
György Buzinkay
Miklós Hajnal[1]
Spokesperson Balázs Nemes
Founded 4 March 2017
Headquarters 1077 Budapest, Rózsa utca 22.
Newspaper Van remény
Youth wing Momentum TizenX
Membership 4,000
Ideology Liberalism[2][3]
Conservative liberalism[2]
Civic nationalism[4]
Social progressivism
Pro-Europeanism[2][5][6][7]
Political position Centre[8]
Colours Purple
Slogan We belong to Europe! Let's jumpstart Hungary! The new political generation! There is hope!
(Hungarian: Európához tartozunk! Indítsuk be Magyarországot! Az új politikai generáció! Van remény!)
National Assembly
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European Parliament
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County Assemblies
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Website
momentum.hu

Momentum Movement (Hungarian: Momentum Mozgalom) is a Hungarian political party founded on 4 March 2017. It is best known for starting off a petition against the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics in January 2017, as a civil organization. The petition for a referendum in Budapest was successful, however, the government has cancelled the bid before a referendum could have been held. The party supports gay marriage, the decriminalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. They are pro-European and anti-Putin and support globalisation and capitalism[9].

Election results

For the Hungarian Parliament:

Election year National Assembly Government
# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2018
175,225
3.06% (#6)
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 extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ https://momentum.hu/momentum-vezetoseg/
  2. 1 2 3 Zubor Zalán (1 May 2017). "Momentum – centrista, nemzeti és liberális". Hír TV (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "A new Hungarian liberal party challenges the autocratic Viktor Orban". The Economist. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Harris, Chris (28 August 2017). "Momentum Movement: how Hungary's youth is rising up against Russian influence". Euronews. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Pro-EU Hungarians rally against Russian influence.
  6. ↑ Thousands participate in pro-EU, anti-Russia march.
  7. ↑ Czinkóczi Sándor (13 April 2017). "Tüntetést szervez május 1-jére a Momentum". 444.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Meret Baumann (2 May 2017). "«Wenn wir wegen ein paar hundert Flüchtlingen um unsere Kultur fürchten müssen, dann haben wir eine schwache Kultur»". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. ↑ https://www.boell.de/en/2017/04/11/momentum-movement-there-bright-future-new-hungarian-youth-party
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