Our Homeland Movement

Our Homeland Movement (Hungarian: Mi Hazánk Mozgalom) is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dissidents that left the organization after the party's leadership moved away from its radical roots.

Our Homeland Movement
Mi Hazánk Mozgalom
AbbreviationOur Homeland
PresidentLászló Toroczkai
Deputy PresidentDóra Dúró
Vice PresidentsIstván Apáti
Dávid Dócs
Előd Novák
Zoltán Pakusza
General SecretaryIstván Szabadi
FounderLászló Toroczkai
Founded23 June 2018
Split fromJobbik
Headquarters1085 Budapest, József krt. 43.
NewspaperMagyar Jelen
Youth wingYouth of Our Homeland
Paramilitary wingNemzeti Légió
(“National Legion”, 2019–)
Membership 1300 (2020)[1]
IdeologyHungarian nationalism[2]
Right-wing populism
National conservatism[3]
Hungarian irredentism
Social conservatism
Traditionalism[4]
Economic nationalism
Hard Euroscepticism[5][6]
Anti-globalism
Anti-communism[7]
Anti-immigration[5]
Green conservatism[3]
Political positionFar-right[8][9]
ReligionCatholicism
Colours  Green
  White
SloganIgazságot Magyarországnak!
(transl. Justice for Hungary!)
National Assembly
0 / 199
European Parliament
0 / 21
County Assemblies
8 / 381
Website
mihazank.hu

History

In May 2019, it was announced the party will be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar to the Magyar Gárda, the paramilitary wing of the nationalist Jobbik party, which was banned in 2009.[10][11]

On 14 October 2018, the party's politicians announced the party will organize a youth wing. On November 7, 2018, László Toroczkai announced to the media that 3 former Jobbik politicians, István Apáti, Erik Fülöp and János Volner (who later left) joined his political party.[12]

In early 2019, the party made an alliance with the right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party and the agrarian Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party.[13]

In 2019 local elections, the party managed to win 8 seats in counties' assemblies.

The party is linked to Magyar Jelen, a Hungarian nationalist biweekly newspaper.

History of leaders
Image Name Entered office Left office Length of Leadership
1 László Toroczkai 23 June 2018 present 2 years, 7 months and 2 days

Electoral results

European Parliament
European Parliament
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
2019 113,529 3.31 #6
0 / 21
–
László Toroczkai

References
  1. "Mi Hazánk tagok száma 2020".
  2. Cseresnyés, Péter (November 18, 2018). "Horthy Commemoration Revives Political Debate over His Regentship". Hungary Today. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. Pálfy, Dániel Ábel (September 2, 2019). "Bármikor vállalom az átvilágítást! – Toroczkai László a Mandinernek". Mandiner. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "Mi Hazánk Party Aims to Protect "Northern Civilisation"". Hungary Today. January 28, 2019.
  5. Vass, Ábrahám (May 21, 2019). "Mi Hazánk's EP Program: 'Roma Problem', Opposing Migration, Russia-Friendly Politicsp". Hungary Today. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  6. "Parteienlandschaft rechtsaußen in Ungarn". Belltower.News. April 25, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  7. https://makohirado.hu/2019/11/03/mi-hazank-ifjai-kommunista-nem-lehet-hos/
  8. Szijarto, Imre (June 14, 2020). "The Decline of Democracy in Hungary Is a Troubling Vision of the Future". Jacobin (magazine). Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  9. Cseresnyés, Péter (April 29, 2020). "Mi Hazánk Leader Sues Facebook for Damage to Reputation". Hungary Today. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  10. https://www.foxnews.com/world/hungary-far-right-party-forms-uniformed-self-defense-group
  11. https://hungarianfreepress.com/2019/05/15/the-national-legion-far-right-launches-new-paramilitary-group-in-hungary/
  12. "Az exjobbikos Volner János: Nekünk nem lesz oligarchánk". origo.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  13. https://magyarnarancs.hu/belpol/a-fuggetlen-kisgazdapart-is-csatlakozna-a-miep-es-a-mi-hazank-mozgalom-egyuttmukodesehez-117506
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