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Dialogue – The Greens' Party

Párbeszéd – A Zöldek Pártja
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; Social liberalism;
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
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
	Politics of Hungary; Political parties; Elections;

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.

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

Party logo, 2013–2016
Party logo, 2016–2023
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	Tímea Szabó
2022–2024	Bence Tordai	Rebeka Szabó
2024–	Richárd Barabás	Rebeka Szabó	Tímea Szabó

Election results

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Constituency		Party list		Seats	+/–	Status
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
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]	Gergely Karácsony Tímea Szabó	1,983,708	36.90% (#2)	1,947,331	34.44% (#2)	6 / 199	3	Opposition

^ Run within Unity coalition.
^ Run in coalition with MSZP.
^ 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	−

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

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2022). "Hungary". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ Kester, Eddy (18 December 2018). "Hungary: Opposition vows renewed protests after holiday lull". Associated Press. Budapest. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ Lyman, Rick (2 October 2016). "Hungary Votes Against Migrants, but Too Few to Clear Threshold". The New York Times. Budapest. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "A PM-ből kiválik Magyarország". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-24.