An Unexpected Turn in the Polls

HUNGARY - Report 08 Dec 2014 by Istvan Racz

Executive SummaryOur main story this month is, somewhat unexpectedly, about politics. Less than two months after its third impressive election victory this year, the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance’s popularity has fallen markedly, as reflected by latest polls, a number of street demonstrations and the results of an interim election in a single parliamentary voting district in late November. All this was prompted by the government’s new policy initiatives, and by its increasingly poor international standing vis-à-vis key NATO and EU partners.The consequences of this new political trend are u...

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