Fidesz–KDNP

The Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (Hungarian: Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége), is a Christian nationalist and far-right electoral alliance, which is composed of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The electoral alliance adheres to the beliefs and doctrines of the Catholic Church in Hungary, which has a close relationship with the alliance and receives significant amounts of money from the Fidesz–KDNP government.

The two parties jointly contested every national election since the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election. The Fidesz–KDNP alliance governed Hungary from 2010 to 2026, altogether obtaining a supermajority in each of the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 parliamentary elections, before losing in a landslide in 2026. The alliance has been seen as authoritarian, and has increasingly identified itself as illiberal.

History

The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005. After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament. While Fidesz and KDNP are technically in coalition, many observers consider KDNP to actually be a satellite party of Fidesz, since it has been unable to get into the National Assembly on its own since the 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election, when it barely passed the election threshold of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured, and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.

On 3 March 2021, Fidesz left the European People's Party Group (EPP), while KDNP remained a member.[citation needed] In response to the admission of the Tisza Party to the EPP following the 2024 European Parliament election, the KDNP decided to leave the EPP and its parliamentary group on 18 June 2024. Fidesz formed the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, becoming the third largest European Parliament group.

Electoral results

National Assembly

European Parliament

See also

• List of political parties in Hungary

Bibliography

• Vida, István (2011). Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010) [Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)] (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.