Fake party
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In Hungarian politics, a fake party (Template:Lang-hu) or business party (Template:Lang-hu) is a political party registered for the sole purpose of receiving state funding. The phenomenon started during the campaign for the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, as a result of simplification of the political party registration resulting in significantly lower barriers for party registration.[1] During the 2014 election, an estimated 4 billion forint of subsidies were given to fake parties.[2] In order to receive access to the ballot, a party requires 500 valid signatures from voters, although fake parties often use forged signatures including ones also on the lists of Fidesz.[3][4] Most fake parties often receive low shares of the vote, although votes for fake parties reached 3% in 2014.[5]
References
- ^ "The new Hungarian election system's beneficiaries". politicalcapital.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "A kormánypártok mellett a kampánykorrupció ment nagyot a 2018-as választásokon". Transparency International Magyarország (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ Harris, Chris (2018-04-04). "Fake political parties are 'conning Hungary out of millions of euros'". euronews. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ Balogh, Eva S. (2018-03-20). "Collusion: Fidesz and the bogus parties". Hungarian Spectrum. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ Harris, Chris (2018-04-04). "Fake political parties are 'conning Hungary out of millions of euros'". euronews. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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