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19-469: In the Summer of 2008 Mária Seres initiated a referendum drive on MPs’ expenses garners. At least 525,000 verified signatures have been collected, far more than the mandatory 200,000, in support of a referendum on MPs’ expenses, National Election Office head Emília Rytkó announced on 19 March 2009. Seres told reporters later that day, this is the first time that an individual managed to collect so many signatures for

38-456: A Maronite Catholic family on 10 July 1960. He studied as a construction engineer in Beirut , but later turned to the medicine , when moved to Brussels in 1981. He went to Budapest because of financial problems, where his brother, Ziad learnt. Later their younger brother, Paul also started his studies here. Pierre finished higher education at Semmelweis University (SOTE) and started work for

57-517: A limited electoral cooperation agreement after polls suggested that they would be unlikely to make it into parliament independently. In March 2010, polls also indicated that parliament after the election would likely be dominated by Fidesz, polling at 53–67% that month, followed by either the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party at 12–22% or newcomer Jobbik (Movement for a Better Hungary) at 11–18%. The European Parliament elections of 2009 in Hungary saw

76-623: A referendum. During the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election six parties have gained the right to set up a national list, as the Civil Movement has joined the five parties announced earlier by the National Election Office (OVI). The CM gained prominence by gathering signatures for a referendum on curtailing MPs’ expense accounts. The party was able to register seven regional lists. For the Hungarian Parliament: For

95-601: A rubber hammer so that they’ll give birth to handicapped kids." In 2011, he denounced Roma women at the Hungarian police authorities. Another Fidesz parliamentarian, Ilona Ékes , wrote to the police to ban a gay pride event in Budapest, saying that homosexuality was a mental illness and demonstrators would scandalise people, as they did in previous years, when homosexual activists imitated sexual intercourse on stage and other activists were allegedly blasphemous. According to Ékes,

114-570: Is a Hungarian physician and politician of Lebanese descent, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Regional List from 2010 to 2014. He had been a member of the Committee on Health Affairs from 5 July 2010 to 5 May 2014 and Committee on Foreign Affairs between 28 February 2011 and 23 September 2013. Pierre Daher was born near to the Israel-Lebanon border into

133-474: Is for Hungarians" and must be defended against "foreign speculators". Molnár also claimed that the language of instruction in Jerusalem schools was Hungarian and they were "learning the language of their future homeland". His party at the time, Fidesz, did not denounce his statement but simply said it was "embarrassing". Adding that he would not even consider ousting Molnar from his party or parliamentary faction, as

152-618: The 2010 general elections , but former Fidesz member and independent candidate, Oszkár Molnár defeated him. However Pierre Daher became Member of Parliament from county list a month later, when replaced Ildikó Pelczné Gáll , who was appointed Member of the European Parliament (replacing Pál Schmitt ). When the national board of Fidesz dissolved its local organization in Edelény due to internal conflicts in May 2015, Daher did not apply to join

171-409: The end of the communist era . 386 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies. Electoral law in Hungary requires candidates to gather 500 signatures from citizens supporting their candidacy. In the first round of the elections, the conservative party Fidesz won the absolute majority of seats, enough to form a government on its own. In

190-585: The European Parliament: * Limit for parties to join the National Assembly in Hungary is 5 % of popular votes 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election Bajnai Government MSZP Second Orbán Government Fidesz–KDNP Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to elect the members of the National Assembly . They were the sixth free elections since

209-408: The ambassador visited the headquarters of three major parties but not that of Jobbik. All times are CEST . Four Jobbik MPs— Gábor Staudt , Gergő Balla, Zsolt Endrésik and Péter Schön—were removed from their committees because they had failed a vetting procedure that asked whether any MP's maintain contact with groups that engage in "activities that deny the basic principles of a state governed by

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228-489: The demonstrations would harm youngsters, whose school season was to start on the same day. A Hungarian analyst was cited as saying Fidesz tolerates such provocative rhetoric from its members because of fears they would vote for Jobbik instead. Former Jobbik MEP Krisztina Morvai wrote an open letter to Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis , the United States Ambassador to Hungary , alleging foreign interference after

247-673: The hospital in Miskolc as a surgeon. Since 1996 he practiced as a GP in Szendrőlád . He became a Hungarian citizen in 2000. He served as head of the consulting room in Edelény since that time. He became a member of the local representative body in 2002, as a member of the Fidesz . Since 2008 he is the director of the Koch Róbert Hospital in Edelény. He ran for the parliamentary seat for Edelény in

266-477: The remark "did not violate the party's bylaws". However, in 2010 he was excluded from the Fidesz, due to these remarks. Instead of him, a Lebanese-origin doctor, Pierre Daher became the Fidesz candidate. Molnár also claimed that pregnant Roma women deliberately try to induce birth defects so they can give birth to "fools to receive higher family subsidies. I have checked this and it’s true; they hit their bellies with

285-429: The rise of right-wing and far-right parties. This trend was covered negatively by some foreign media outlets that feared the rise of intolerance and xenophobia in the country. In addition, Fidesz Member of Parliament Oszkár Molnár was accused of antisemitism after saying "I love Hungary, I love Hungarians, and I prefer Hungarian interests to global financial capital, or Jewish capital, if you like, which wants to devour

304-689: The rule of law." Staudt, a co-founder of the Magyar Gárda Society —that was banned in 2007—had been on the national security committee, while the other three were on the defence and law enforcement committees. Staudt reacted in saying he found the result to be unconstitutional, and that he would file a criminal report with the interior minister against Defence of the Constitution Office director general László Balajti. The four would, however, continue to be MPs. Pierre Daher Chakib Pierre Daher ( Arabic : بيار شكيب ظاهر ; born 10 July 1960)

323-550: The second round, the alliance of Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) won enough seats to achieve a two-thirds majority required to modify major laws and the country's constitution. Fidesz's landslide victory was a result of massive dissatisfaction with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which had been in government since 2002. One event that provoked an especially strong backlash

342-423: The whole world, but especially Hungary." He later said that it was only a response to a speech by President of Israel Shimon Peres in which Peres said that his country aims to "colonise" Hungary when he spoke of Israel's investments abroad, and claimed that Israel was "buying out Manhattan, Poland, Hungary...." Jobbik leader Gábor Vona , also stirred up controversy with allegations of chauvinism by saying "Hungary

361-521: Was the revelation that the MSZP's Ferenc Gyurcsány , Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009, had admitted in a private speech to party members that he had lied to the general public during the previous election campaign to help his party win re-election. The Őszöd speech , as it came to be called, surfaced in the press during the autumn of 2006 and resulted in nationwide protests . The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) and Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) entered

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