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Green politics in Budapest

Dialogue for Hungary

Basic data of the party Dialogue for Hungary (PM)

• 8 Members of Parliament
• 20 elected representatives in local

governments (15 in Budapest)

• Party formed in March 2013
• Former members of „Politics can be different“

green party

Administration in Budapest

• 23 districts
• 23+1 elected

councils

• 23+1 mayors
• Mayors

elected directly

• Scattered

local policies

City living with the Danube

City Assembly of Budapest

33 members + Mayor

Fidesz- KDNP: 17+1 MSZP: 10 PM: 3 Jobbik: 3

3 members of Dialogue for Hungary in Budapest

Jenő Kaltenbach Ágnes Somfai Ákos Hanzély

Political situation

National level: absolute majority, gestures for extreme right party (Jobbik) Local level: depends, mainly absolute majority

Options for green politics

• National level: Fidesz ruined environmental

institutions

• Local level: there are some possibilites to

change sg and achieve sg

Bad examples in Budapest

• Investments of „outstanding” national interest
• Lack of civil control
• Lack of public participation
• Predominance of economic interests and

prestige

Not so good examples currently:

aggressive governmental interference too much unneeded representation, lack of consultation

Kossuth square

• Restoration of the 1944 image
• Cutting of all trees

Normafa

• Forest area in Budapest
• Planning of parking lots, ski-resort

Football stadiums all over…

Fradi stadium

Not so good examples 2. Museum District in a big park (Városliget)

We support

• Increase of cultural role of Budapest

But

• Do we really need to build new museums?
• Why don’t we build them on derelict sites instead
• f already overused land?
• They want to construct many buildings in a big

park and to decrease green areas

• There is no professional and social conversation,

plans are not known in detail.

Not so good examples: planned mobile dam by the Danube

Green response

• Collection of signatures
• Facebook-actions
• Own civil forums
• Legal way: attacking decision at court
• Supporting civil initiatives

Own initiatives

• At Budapest and district level
• Green nappy programme: against disposable

nappies

• Promotion of communal planning
• Inforcement of transparency

Green and social

• Against criminalisation of homelessness

Good example? City council square

Proposed main square with public planning

Have you seen the most valuable square of Pest? In action

Thank you!

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