Conservative Party (Hungary)

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The Conservative Party (Konzervatív Párt) was one of the most influential political groups of the

They kept in mind the interests of the aristocracy, but unlikely the "old conservatives" they did not want to maintain feudalism and the constitution of the orders, because they recognized its crisis. They supported a slow and partial extension of full citizen rights to the people. The leader of the "considering progressive" politicians was Aurél Dessewffy, but after his death his younger brother Emil Dessewffy took over the role. (At the time of the establishment of the party Aurél was already dead.) Emil tried to persuade Chancellor Metternich to understand that it is also in Vienna's interests to introduce new moderate reforms, to hold back the reform opposition in the National Assembly. They supported the administer system.

During the

• Unchanged maintenance of public law with Austria, based on the Sanctio Pragmatica (maintenance of the area council institutions)
• Customs union with Cisleithania
• Election of representatives to the National Assembly and to the local authorities, based on popular representation, with high census
• Restricted freedom of press, religion and speech
• Redesigning of the Hungarian cities according to modern needs
• Centralized public administration (with slow, organized, from above directed reforms)
• Burden sharing
• Investments in the infrastructure
• Peasant question, maintenance of voluntary perpetuation
• Tolerance with the nationalities

Critics

The official opinions^[