Hungary’s Socialists Examine Reasons For Election Failure
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
A lack of presence in small localities, a programme which was too pragmatic and lacked adequate emotional content and a failure to clearly understand social dynamics were behind the left’s poor election results, Party leader Attila Mesterházy told a press conference held after a meeting of the Socialist Party’s steering committee.
He said the left’s message failed to reach a part of their potential voter camp. Another mistake was failing to take the radical nationalist Jobbik party seriously, including failing to take them on in a debate, he said. László Botka, the head of the steering board, said that the Socialists would elect new party officials after the local council elections of October 5.
Botka said the party needed to introduce changes at the level of “content, politics and organisation”. He said the board’s debate had included constructive criticism, which the party targeted at itself.
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