Hungary: Political developments and data in 2018

Despite it being a rather turbulent year with parliamentary elections on the calendar, 2018 did not turn around the major trends of the Hungarian political sphere: the governing Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union-Christian-Democratic People’s Party/Fidesz Magyar Polgári Szövetség-Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt (Fidesz-KDNP) maintained its political dominance while the opposition parties further disintegrated, the media landscape became even more centralized, and immigration and anti-European issues dominated the agenda scattered with corruption scandals and demonstrations