Personally, taking look at the world's tendencies throughout the last 15
years , I can't say I am surprised because I am not. What I am surpred of,
and what terrifies me, is the fact that, though Hungary has been manoeuvring
countries one against the other in the their attempt to destabilize the
region and to get back their territories lost (rightfully) during the last
world war, and no one says nothing against this.
David
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/world/europe/12hungary.html?pagewanted=1&ref=global-home
Far Right Could Gain in Hungary Elections By DAN BILEFSKY
BUDAPEST — A far-right party whose black-clad paramilitary extremists invoke
1940s Europe was poised to gain new clout in elections here Sunday, a result
that could tarnish Hungary's international image and potentially undermine
its economic recovery.
Analysts said that one of the biggest beneficiaries of the collective angst
of a country hit hard by the global financial crisis could prove to be the
party, Jobbik, which has railed against "Gypsy crime" and Jews, and is
widely expected to enter Parliament for the first time.
Recent polls showed the prospect of Jobbik getting the most votes after
Fidesz, the center-right party of Viktor Orban, a former prime minister, who
is expected to regain that role.
The incumbent Socialist government led by Gordon Bajnai since April 2009 has
been blamed for the country's economic turmoil and is expected to suffer
heavy losses.
Jobbik's leader, Gabor Vona, 32, a former history teacher who has tapped
into a growing nationalism fanned by economic hardship, is a founding member
of the Magyar Garda, an association whose uniforms are reminiscent of those
worn by the Arrow Cross, Hungary's wartime Nazi party. The group, which was
outlawed last year but has not disbanded, has revived dark memories of World
War II, when Jews and Roma were deported to concentration camps.
Analysts said Jobbik's growing popularity illustrates how the economic
crisis was helping to fuel a regional backlash against
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