Politics Can Be Different
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Politics Can Be Different
Lehet Más a Politika |
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| Leader |
Ákos Hadházy Bernadett Szél |
| Founded | 26 February 2009 |
| Headquarters | 1136 Budapest, Hegedűs Gyula u. 36. |
| Ideology |
Green liberalism Green politics Syncretic politics |
| Political position | Centre |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green |
| National Assembly |
5 / 199
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| European Parliament |
1 / 21
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| County Assemblies |
6 / 419
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| Website | |
| lehetmas |
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Politics Can Be Different (alternative translation: 'Another Politics Is Possible') (Hungarian: Lehet Más a Politika, LMP) is a green-liberalpolitical party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election. The party is a member of the European Green Party.
The party was preceded by a non-governmental organization social initiative founded in 2008, with the purpose of reforming Hungarian politics. LMP shares common ideologies with most green parties. Key issues are environmental protection, sustainable development and the fight against corruption in the current political elite. LMP highlights what they see as the pointlessness of the current partisan division between the left and right-wing forces, and their principle is deliberative democracy, which they believe decreases the distance between the people and the political elite.
The public faces of the organization were András Schiffer, a former member of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) and Védegylet, and Bernadett Szél, an economist and NGO worker at the party's formation. The leading figures also included Benedek Jávor, university professor in environmental law and a founder of Védegylet, Gábor Scheiring, an economist, and Tímea Szabó, a humanitarian worker, who was to head the list presented for the 2009 European Parliament elections. In 2009, LMP received the official endorsement of the European Green Party.
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