Fidesz

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Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance is a political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It is most notable for dominating Hungarian politics from 2010 to 2026, a period known as the Orbán era. Earlier, from 1998 to 2002, it was the senior partner in a conservative coalition government. Founded as a classical liberal party, Fidesz gradually moved to the right and is presently considered a right-wing or far-right party. Its ideology, referred to as Orbanism, includes national conservatism, Christian nationalism, right-wing populism, authoritarianism and illiberalism. It is Eurosceptic in foreign policy. Fidesz was established in 1988 as the Alliance of Young Democrats (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, shortened to Fidesz), a centre-left and liberal activist student movement opposed to state communism. During Hungary's transition to multiparty democracy (Hungarian: rendszerváltás) in 1989-90, the movement became a political party and entered the National Assembly with Orbán at its helm after the...

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