Fidesz

Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) or more commonly known as Fidesz is the current ruling political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. Founded in 1988, Fidesz was initially a liberal student activist party opposing the Communist regime and had a leading roll in the 1989 revolutions which led to the end of communism in the country on October 23, 1989. Throught the early-mid 90’s, The party moved it’s ideology from liberalism to conservatism. From the mid 90’s to the mid-2010’s, It was generally considered a center-right party, However around 2015 (especially after the migration crisis started) many have begun to characterize the party as right-far right on the political spectru due to it’s hardline stance on immigration and increasing authoritarianism of Orbán.