![LMP at the crossroads](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/169/258x165.jpg)
Hungary’s green party, LMP is a young party facing weighty choices. Its policy of maintaining equal distance to MSZP and Fidesz appears untenable as pressure mounts to join a left-wing alliance to oust the Orbán government in 2014.
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Gordon Bajnai came close to declaring his candidacy for prime minister, but ultimately shrank back from a pledge to run.
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The political parties on the left are lucky that they had no major events planned for the 23 October commemoration of the 1956 revolution, for they would have been upstaged by the pre-announced announcement of former Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai’s return to political life.
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To keep the budget within EU mandated limits, the government has introduced new austerity measures after admitting that its pessimistic growth projections were in fact wildly optimistic.
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Following the reforms of the respective laws on municipal and parliamentary elections, Fidesz has finally introduced the last piece of the electoral rules puzzle, the new bill on electoral procedure.
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Fidesz is wrapping up its efforts to uncover instances of verifiable corruption under the previous government.
More![The state of the left-wing alliance tango](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/177/258x165.jpg)
More than the polling results of individual opposition parties, the question of whether a comprehensive left-wing alliance can be formed has emerged as the crucial issue in terms of evaluating the potential for a government change in 2014.
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During the famous ping-pong diplomacy of the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China and the US exchanged visits by table tennis players to pave the way for improved relations between the two countries.
More![The end of a hot and golden summer](https://policysolutions.eu/userfiles/hir/179/258x165.jpg)
Talk of voter registration has intensified over the summer, and while some argue that Fidesz will ultimately balk because of unpredictable outcomes and/or the fear of judicial intervention, the introduction of some form of registration still appears likely.
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If past summers are an indication, the next few weeks won’t be very exciting politically speaking.
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