Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)

Christian Democratic People's Party
Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt
AbbreviationKDNP
PresidentZsolt Semjén
Deputy President
Founded13 October 1944; 80 years ago (1944-10-13)
Legalised1989
Preceded byUnited Christian Party
Headquarters1141 Budapest, Bazsarózsa utca 69.
Youth wingYoung Christian Democratic Alliance
Women's wingChristian Democratic People's Party Women's Wing[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[6]
ReligionCatholic Church
National affiliationFidesz–KDNP
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (1994–2024)
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (2009–2024)
Patriots for Europe
(2024–present)
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Colors    Green and gold
SloganTöbb fényt! ("More Light!")
National Assembly
19 / 199
European Parliament
1 / 21
Website
kdnp.hu

The Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungarian: Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, pronounced [ˈkɛrɛsteːɲdɛmokrɒtɒ ˈneːpːaːrt], KDNP [ˈkaːdeːjɛmpeː]) is a right-wing Christian democratic[3][7] political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a satellite party of Fidesz.[8][9] The party has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since the 1990s (with the last time it did so being 1994), as it was not able to pass the election threshold of 5% of the vote. Without Fidesz, its support is now low enough that it can no longer be measured,[10][11][12] and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár, stated that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.[13]

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