.gif)
European Parliament election, 2009 (Hungary)
Overview
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on the 7th of June.
Among the candidates that ran were:
- Pál SchmittPál SchmittPál Schmitt is the current President of Hungary. He was elected President of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the Parliament of Hungary and was sworn in on 2010....
, József SzájerJózsef SzájerJózsef Szájer, is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union party, a Vice-Chairman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.Szájer is a substitute for the...
, Kinga GálKinga GálKinga Gál is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Gál is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs,...
, János ÁderJános ÁderJános Áder is a Hungarian politician who was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between June 18, 1998 and May 15, 2002. He was succeeded in that position by Katalin Szili. Áder is currently a deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament...
, László SurjánLászló SurjánLászló Surján László Surján László Surján (born on 7 September 1941 in Kolozsvár, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the FIDESZ, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on...
, Lívia JárókaLívia JárókaLívia Járóka is a Hungarian politician of Romani ethnicity. She is a Member of the European Parliament, elected as part of the Fidesz list in 2004...
, András GyürkAndrás GyürkAndrás Gyürk is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Development....
, Béla GlattfelderBéla GlattfelderBéla Glattfelder is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on International Trade....
, Ádám KósaÁdám KósaÁdám Kósa is a Hungarian politician and electedMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,...
, Ágnes HankissÁgnes HankissÁgnes Hankiss is a Hungarian politician and electedMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party.-References:...
for Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionFidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionThe Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36... - Kinga GönczKinga GönczKinga Göncz is a former foreign minister of Hungary. She is the daughter of Árpád Göncz, former President of Hungary. She is fluent in English and German, is married being the mother of two adult children and the grandmother of two young boys...
, Edit HerczogEdit HerczogEdit Herczog is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party and the European Parliament.-Hungarian Socialist Party Work:...
, Zita GurmaiZita GurmaiZita Gurmai is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-Biography:...
, Csaba Sándor TabajdiCsaba Sándor TabajdiCsaba Sándor Tabajdi is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists...
, Gyula HegyiGyula HegyiGyula Hegyi is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-Biography:...
, Szabolcs Fazekas, Gyula Cserei, Mihály Kökény, Gábor HarangozóGábor HarangozóGábor Harangozó is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists....
for the Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist PartyThe Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and... - Lajos BokrosLajos BokrosLajos András Bokros is a Hungarian economist and Member of the European Parliament for Hungary.Bokros was born in Budapest. He graduated from and holds a Ph.D. from the Budapest University of Economics....
, György Habsburg, Szabolcs Joó, Ibolya DávidIbolya DávidIbolya Dávid born Baja, Hungary ,1954 is a Hungarian lawyer, politician, she was the president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum between 1999-2010. Dávid was the Hungarian Minister of Justice between 1998-2002. She was the only female Minister in the government of Viktor Orbán. Dávid is a member...
for the Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology... - István Szent-IványiIstván Szent-IványiIstván Szent-Iványi is a Hungarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance of Free Democrats, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-About his work:...
, Gabriella Béki, Gábor DemszkyGábor DemszkyGábor Demszky is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was the Mayor of Budapest from 1990 to 2010.- Biography :...
, György Konrád for the Alliance of Free DemocratsAlliance of Free DemocratsThe Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International... - Krisztina MorvaiKrisztina MorvaiKrisztina Morvai is a Hungarian lawyer. She was elected on the list of the political party Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom in the 2009 European Parliament elections. Although Morvai is not a member of Jobbik, the party already declared her as its future nominee for the position of the president...
, Zoltán Balczó, Csanád SzegediCsanád SzegediCsanád Szegedi is a Hungarian nationalistic politician and elected Member of the European Parliament with the Movement for a Better Hungary.-External links:** on jobbik.hu -References:...
, Judit Szima, Gábor VonaGábor VonaGábor Vona is a Hungarian politician and the leader of the Hungarian nationalist political party Jobbik. He was born on 20 August 1978 in Gyöngyös...
for Movement for a Better HungaryMovement for a Better HungaryJobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic...
The election in Hungary took place according to the 2003 CXIII.
Quotations
All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to, and enter into another.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)