Hungarian Democratic Forum Magyar Demokrata Fórum
Leader	Ibolya Dávid
Founded	27 September 1987
Headquarters	1025 Budapest, II. Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 73.
Ideology	Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European affiliation	European People's Party (membership suspended; exclusion initiated)
European Parliament Group	European Conservatives and Reformists
Official colours	Green
Website
http://www.mdf.hu/
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The Hungarian Democratic Forum (Hungarian: Magyar Demokrata Fórum), or MDF, is a Centre-right, Liberal Conservative, and Christian Democratic, political party in Hungary, led by Ibolya Dávid.

Its emblematic figure was József Antall, Prime Minister between 1990 and 1993.

MDF is a conservative party. Several members were shut out.^[1]

Before 2002 it was part of a coalition government with the larger Fidesz. It had 24 seats in the National Assembly between 2002 and 2006.

In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections it gained 5.3% (164,025 votes) of the vote and elected 1 MEP and sat with the EPP-ED Group. MDF is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) but its MEP joined on 22 June 2009 the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament instead of the EPP Group. It remains to be seen if the MDF will be suspended from the EPP.

It received 5.04% (272,831 votes) of the votes in the 2006 parliamentary elections, thus securing its place in the next Parliament.

MDF has essentially split, with the majority of its parliamentary representatives ousted from the party. Ibolya Dávid regularly accuses Fidesz, the largest conservative force in Hungary of trying to annex her party. The two parties had a bitter quarrel following the first round of the 2006 parliamentary elections on the possible withdrawal of MDF candidates to support the Fidesz: the presidency of the party decided not to do this. However, a number of MDF candidates decided to withdraw at their own discretion.

On 8th October 2009, Ibyola David was a guest speaker at the annual conference of the British Conservative Party, to confirm a long term strategic alliance between the two parties in Europe.

[edit] Parliamentary representation

Note: In 2002 the party had a joint list with Fidesz. The number of seats won by MDF is shown in parentheses.

[edit] MDF parliamentary group (until 11. June 2009)

• Ibolya Dávid
• Károly Herényi
• Miklós Csapody
• Pál Dragon
• Péter Karsai
• Zoltán Lengyel

[edit] MDF European Parliamentary Group

• Lajos Bokros

[edit] See also

• European Conservatives and Reformists
• Movement for European Reform

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Official EU web site

[edit] References

1. ^ (Hungarian)Index: Öt képviselőt kizártak az MDF-frakcióból

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