Momentum Movement

Momentum Movement
Momentum Mozgalom
AbbreviationMomentum
LeaderMárton Tompos
Deputy LeaderLajos Lőcsei
Executive Board Members
SpokespersonÁron Varsányi
Founded4 March 2017
Headquarters1077 Budapest, Rózsa utca 22.
NewspaperVan remény
Youth wingMomentum TizenX
Membership2,500
IdeologyLiberalism[3]
Political positionCentre[6]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[7]
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
(2019–2024)
International affiliationLiberal International (observer member)
Colours  Purple
SloganÚj arcok, új Magyarország
('New faces, new Hungary')
National Assembly
10 / 199
European Parliament
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County Assemblies
37 / 381
General Assembly of Budapest
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Website
momentum.hu

Momentum Movement (Hungarian: Momentum Mozgalom, Momentum) is a centrist Hungarian political party founded in March 2017. It came to national prominence as a political association in January 2017 after organizing a petition about the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, calling for a public referendum on the matter. The petition, which gathered over 266,151 signatures, was successful, but the government cancelled the Olympic bid before a referendum could have been held.[8] After its establishment as a political party, Momentum quickly built a national following, and presently has approximately 4,000 members.[when?] Momentum party candidates appeared on the ballot in most electoral districts in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, promoting the replacement of the government of Viktor Orbán and advocating a new generation of political change in the country. The party obtained 3.06% of the votes, failed to reach the 5% threshold and did not get any seats in the National Assembly. In the 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary, the party obtained 9.86% and became the third largest party in the election. Two candidates of the party – Katalin Cseh and Anna Donáth – were elected to the European Parliament.[9] In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election it ran under the list of the United for Hungary and entered parliament for the first time with 10 MPs.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ Zubor Zalán (1 May 2017). "Momentum – centrista, nemzeti és liberális". Hír TV (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "A new Hungarian liberal party challenges the autocratic Viktor Orban". The Economist. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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  4. ^ Meret Baumann (2 May 2017). "Wenn wir wegen ein paar hundert Flüchtlingen um unsere Kultur fürchten müssen, dann haben wir eine schwache Kultur". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ Bayer, Lili (1 April 2022). "Hungarian opposition's 'forced marriage' to unseat Viktor Orbán". Politico Europe. Budapest. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. ^ [4][5]
  7. ^ "Orbán fő ellenségének pártcsaládjához csatlakozott a Momentum". 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  8. ^ Tamás, Dull Szabolcs, Német (2017-02-17). "Sínen a népszavazás: 266 151 aláírást adott le a Momentum". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Szabolcs, Dull (2019-05-27). "Ők lesznek a magyar EP-képviselők". Index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  10. ^ Márk, Herczeg (2017-05-01). "A Momentum első nagy tüntetésével bemutatta, hogy komoly ellenzéki erő lehet". 444. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  11. ^ alon.hu. "Választás 2018 – Momentum: 97 helyen adtak le ötszáznál több ajánlást". www.alon.hu. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  12. ^ "Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Országgyűlési Választás 2022". vtr.valasztas.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-05-29.