An Analysis on Factors That Contributed to the Popularity of the Hungary Right-Wing Populist Fidesz Party between the Years 2008-2020
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.101How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Hungary; Fidesz party; Orbán government
- Abstract
The Fidesz party, which is known as a right-wing populist party, has gained control in Hungary, and keep running the country to today since they won most of seats in Hungarian parliamentary election in 2010. This article reviews the rise of the Fidesz party in Hungary between the years 2008 and 2020, discusses the reasons why it can rise from different aspects. First, the utilization of rhetoric in consolidating power for the Fidesz party is discussed. To unite citizens and distract their attention, the Fidesz party invokes that there are powerful threats to the nation, just like other right-wing populist party. Then, the attitude which the Fidesz party toward the asylum seeker immigration is elucidated. Since the start of the European Refugee Crisis in 2015, the Fidesz party has expressed the country’s lack of tolerance for asylum seekers, just like other right-wing populist party. At last, the economic policy which the Fidesz party carry out is discussed in this paper. The economic policies of the party stress upon demonstrating its populist agenda. As a conclusion, this paper finds that: the Fidesz party uses three methods to rise and strengthen their position in Hungary politics: It changed Hungary economic from negative growth to positive by levying special taxes on banks and multinational companies to nationalize private pensions, satisfying the common people, and expelling foreign control. In asylum seeker immigration problem, a strong resistance measures have been taken, which is contrary to mainstream European countries, and it was supported by Hungarian people. At last, the rhetoric utilized by the Fidesz party creates ideologies that favor the Fidesz party, through created a conception of “threats”, to consolidate its stable position in politics.
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TY - CONF AU - Qirui Li AU - Xiongzheng Teng AU - Tianhao Yuan PY - 2022 DA - 2022/01/17 TI - An Analysis on Factors That Contributed to the Popularity of the Hungary Right-Wing Populist Fidesz Party between the Years 2008-2020 BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 547 EP - 553 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.101 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.101 ID - Li2022 ER -