Forum (Slovak political party)

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Forum
Fórum
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European Parliament
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Regional governors[a]
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Regional deputies
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Mayors[6]
6 / 2,904
Local councillors[b]
48 / 20,523
Website
magyarforum.sk
madarskeforum.sk

The Forum (between 2019 and 2023 known as the Hungarian Forum

National Council
, Zsolt Simon.

The main goal of the party is to ensure the parliamentary representation of Hungarians in Slovakia and to use it as a tool for actions so that people from the Hungarian community are equal citizens of a democratic Slovakia.[4]

History

The party was founded in February 2019 by Zsolt Simon, a non-attached member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, who resigned from the

Smer-SD and SNS parties.[7]

Prior to the 2020 elections, the party intensively negotiated a joint list of candidates with the remaining four parties of the Hungarian minority (

Hungarian Community Co-operation.[9] In November 2019, they announced that they were preparing a three-party coalition with the SMK and the MKÖ-MKS.[10]

Party program

The party has as its priorities a change in the preamble of the Constitution of Slovakia, a change in the financing of local governments, as well as a change in the territorial and legal division of the country (counties, districts).[4] The Hungarian Forum wants to push for the southern regions to receive an average amount of public investment and expenditure, from infrastructure development, through the support of industrial parks and private investment, to the promotion of Hungarian cultural life. In the cultural field, it requires the unrestricted use of the Hungarian mother tongue, both verbally and in writing, in the regions where the minority lives, and in official relations its equivalence with the official Slovak language.[4]

Presidency currently up to 6 November 2019:[11]

  • Zsolt Simon - Chairman
    • Erzsébet Janits - Vice-Chairman
    • Zsolt Gál - Vice-Chairman
      • Viktor Bugár - Member of the Presidency
      • Tamás Bojtoš - Member of the Presidency
      • Dániel Miklóš - Member of the Presidency

Election results

National Council

Election Leader Votes % Rank Seats +/– Status
2023 Zsolt Simon 3,486
0.1%
 16th
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 New Extra-parliamentary

Notes

  1. OĽANO politician Jozef Viskupič [sk], the governor of the Trnava Region, was backed by the party.[5]
  2. ^ Including one councillor elected in a coalition with KDH, OKS, SaS and Tím Kraj Nitra.

References

  1. ^ "VS21_R_Madarske_forum.pdf" (PDF). minv.sk (document) (in Slovak). 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  2. ^ Terenzani, Michaela; Hrabovska Francelova, Nina; Minarechova, Radka (12 February 2020). "Slovak election to test Orban's clout among ethnic Hungarians". Balkan Insight. Bratislava, Filakovo, Samorin. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ Kiss, Balázs (29 November 2019). "Átléptek az elmúlt 10 év árnyékain a szlovákiai magyar pártok" [Hungarian parties in Slovakia have overcome the shadows of the past 10 years]. Infostart (in Hungarian). Bratislava. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Naše princípy a ciele". madarskeforum.sk.
  5. ^ Bugár, Anna; Czímer, Gábor (30 October 2022). "Csak két megye élén lesz változás" [There will be changes at the top in only two regions]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Bratislava. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ^ Czímer, Gábor (30 October 2022). "A településeken erős a Szövetség" [The Alliance is strong in the municipalities]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Bratislava. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. ^
    ISSN 1336-1996
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  8. ISSN 1335-4418
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  11. ^ "Predsedníctvo". madarskeforum.sk.

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