Publikationen der Stiftung → Hungary - labour relations and social dialogue
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  • In 2014 three nation-wide elections took place in Hungary and without any surprise, the national conservative FIDESZ won all elections with vast majorities. The left wing, liberal and green parties had no chance to build an at least decent powerful opposition. As a result the FiDESZ-KDNP policy making in 2014 can be characterized as an ongoing process of dismantling democracy, its system and actors of checks and balances. The five years ago announced plan of fulfilling the aims of the revolution in 1989 and the plans to establish a new political and economic elite by (illegitimate) shifting of large incomes made headway. However, looking at the developments of the last quarter of the year 2014, it seems that the number of internal and external opponents of the FIDESZ-KDNP politics is growing.

    Concerning Trade Unions the most important development in 2014 was, that the unification of three confederation announced in 2013 has been postponed in November, even the implementation impeded a lot of organisational energy, which was missing for fights to improvement working conditions. In November and December protests against state budget plans, which will add massively burdens to the less wealthy part of society, resulted in more public visibility of Unions. Additionally several unions joint the public protests/demonstrations expressing general concern about the illiberal and autocratic tendencies of government. Unions let hear their voices as political actors together with other critical parts of society.