Dialogue – The Greens' Party

Not to be confused with LMP – Hungary's Green Party.

Dialogue – The Greens' Party (Hungarian: Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja, pronounced [ˈpaːrbɛseːd ɒː ˈzøldɛk ˈpaːrcɒ], prior to 2023 known as Dialogue for Hungary, Hungarian: Párbeszéd Magyarországért, pronounced [ˈpaːrbɛseːd ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡeːrt]), in short Párbeszéd or Párbeszéd – Zöldek, is a green political party in Hungary that was formed in February 2013 by eight MPs who left the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) party. Since its foundation, the party has never independently participated in any election.

Dialogue – The Greens' Party Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja
Abbreviation	Párbeszéd – Zöldek; PM
Leader	Rebeka Szabó Richárd Barabás Tímea Szabó (managing)
Founded	17 February 2013
Split from	LMP – Hungary's Green Party
Ideology	Green politics[1] Social liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre-left[2] to left-wing[3]
National affiliation	Unity (2014) United for Hungary (2020–2022) DK–MSZP–Dialogue (2024)
European affiliation	European Green Party (associate member)
Colours	Green
National Assembly	6 / 199
European Parliament	0 / 21
County Assemblies	0 / 381
General Assembly of Budapest	3 / 33
Party flag
Website
parbeszed.hu
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History

The Dialogue for Hungary party had formed a coalition with the Together 2014 party; together, they won four seats in the national assembly and one seat in the European Parliament. Dialogue for Hungary took one seat from the four in the Hungarian parliament and had one representative in Brussels.

On 24 August 2016, spokesperson Bence Tordai announced that the shortened form of the party's name would change to "Dialogue".^[4] In September 2016, the party's logo was changed to Párbeszéd (Dialogue), instead of "PM" by removing the word Hungary.

In the spring of 2018 the party formed an alliance with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). In the 2019 local elections the party's chairman Gergely Karácsony was elected as Mayor of Budapest.

Symbols

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  Party logo, 2013–2016
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  Party logo, 2016–2023
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  Party logo, since 2023

Co-leaders

Term	Male co-chair	Female co-chair	Managing co-chair
2013–2014	Benedek Jávor	Tímea Szabó	Did not exist
2014–2022	Gergely Karácsony
2022–2024	Bence Tordai	Rebeka Szabó
2024–	Richárd Barabás		Tímea Szabó

Election results

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Constituency		Party list		Seats	+/–	Status
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2014[a]	Benedek Jávor Tímea Szabó	1,317,879	26.85% (#2)	1,290,806	25.57% (#2)	1 / 199	New	Opposition
2018[b]	Gergely Karácsony Tímea Szabó	622,458	11.31% (#3)	682,701	11.91% (#3)	3 / 199	2	Opposition
2022[c]		1,983,708	36.90% (#2)	1,947,331	34.44% (#2)	6 / 199	3	Opposition

1. Run within Unity coalition.
2. Run in coalition with MSZP.
3. Run within United for Hungary coalition.

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	EP Group
2014[a]	Benedek Jávor	168,076	7.25 (#5)	1 / 21	New	Greens/EFA
2019[b]	Bertalan Tóth	229,551	6.61 (#4)	0 / 21	1	−
2024[c]	Klára Dobrev	367,162	8.03 (#3)	0 / 21	0

1. Run in a joint list with Together 2014.
2. Run in a joint list with MSZP.
3. Run as part of the DK–MSZP–Dialogue coalition.

Further reading

• "Beintett Bajnainak az LMP, lemondott Jávor Benedek". 18 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
• "LMP fails to elect new parliamentary group leader as split in party continues". 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
• "Ismét Schiffer András az LMP-frakció vezetője". 26 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
• "LMP rejects proposals for new strategy at party congress". 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "LMP splits over cooperation with Together 2014; caucus may remain intact". 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "LMP rebels to establish Dialogue for Hungary as a full-fledged party". 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "Eight breakaway LMP lawmakers to sit as independents". 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "Jávor Benedek és Szabó Tímea vezetik a Párbeszéd Magyarországért tömörülést". 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
• "Megszűntnek tekinti az LMP-frakciót a Fővárosi Közgyűlés". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
• "Dunaújvárosi a Párbeszéd Magyarországért első helyi szervezete". 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
• "Former PM Bajnai's political movement officially forms political party". 9 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

See also

• List of political parties in Hungary