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9th January, 2025
More state aid for parties bypasses Tisza
A bill passed by Parliament last month that raises state support for parliamentary groups by 70-80% for the year before the next elections may be part of an effort by Fidesz to keep smaller opposition parties alive, lest their supporters switch to the Tisza Party, Telex surmises.
For Viktor Orbán and his party, it is a matter of strategic importance that there should not be only two large blocs competing in the 2026 election, but that the opposition votes should be divided among several parties, Telex observes.
If opposition voters see that their parties have no chance of getting into parliament, they will quickly switch to Tisza, and that is why it has now become important for Fidesz that the smaller parties also stay alive, according to the website.
In the meantime, Tisza, as a non-parliamentary party, gets no state aid whatsoever.
Contacted by Telex, party leader Peter Magyar said “There is no need for parties that are created only to siphon away taxpayers money. Either a party can be supported by its members and sympathizers, or you can go to work in the private sector”.
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Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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