Party Trustworthiness Scorecard

Anti-corruption pledge spectacularly broken: EU most corrupt 3 consecutive years. Utility cuts delivered but unsustainable. Family spending massive but fertility at record low 1.30. Healthcare spending gap widened. Press freedom rank fell 23rd to 68th.

State media monopoly spreads government narratives unchallenged. Independent media destroyed (Index, Origo captured). "Stop Brussels" campaigns based on false premises. Soros conspiracy narrative contradicts facts.

Mészáros oligarch enrichment (€1.2B EU-funded contracts, 83% EU money). Tiborcz/Elios (56% overpriced, OLAF €40M repayment). Orbán family wealth explosion. No domestic prosecutions despite EU findings.

GDP growth above EU average (2014-2019). Low unemployment. But: highest inflation in EU (2022-23). Brain drain (600K+ emigrated). Healthcare system collapse. Education spending lowest in EU.

Pegasus spying on journalists/opposition. KESMA media capture (~500 outlets). Constitutional Court packed. Electoral system redrawn. EU Art. 7 proceedings. €20B EU funds withheld for rule-of-law violations.

Opposition described as "foreign agents," "Soros network," "traitors." Government-controlled media runs campaigns against opposition candidates. Pegasus surveillance of journalists covering opposition.

Parliamentary party since 2022 (6 seats). Opposition — limited delivery expectations. Promotes anti-immigration, anti-LGBT, pro-Russia positions.

Promotes anti-vaccination conspiracy theories. Climate denial. Anti-Roma rhetoric. Multiple statements contradicted by scientific consensus and official statistics.

Small party, limited financial transparency data. No major corruption scandals documented. Leader Toroczkai is former Jobbik member.

Flagship proposals legally impossible (death penalty violates ECHR Protocol 13, Transcarpathia claim violates UN Charter). Anti-vaccination campaign contradicted EMA/FDA data, contributed to vaccine hesitancy. Dawn Program economic proposals vague with no fiscal modeling.

Promotes illiberal positions (anti-LGBT rights, anti-immigration). Paramilitary-adjacent supporters. But: participates in parliamentary democracy, accepts electoral results.

Labels opponents as "globalists," "gender-ideologues." Uses conspiratorial framing. Anti-Soros rhetoric similar to Fidesz but more extreme.

Never governed together. United opposition lost 2022 election decisively (34.4% vs 54.1%).

Founded 2024, no governance record. Led by Péter Magyar (former Fidesz insider turned critic). Rapidly gained support reaching 30%+ in polls by 2025.

Magyar leverages insider knowledge to expose Fidesz corruption. Claims generally backed by documents and recordings. Some rhetorical exaggeration typical of opposition.

Too new to assess. Magyar himself faced questions about past Fidesz connections and marriage to former Justice Minister Varga. No corruption charges.

Founded 2024, governed from May 2026. EP delegation active but sanctioned by EPP. Policy programme published late (Feb 2026, 240 pages). One-man-show criticism: ~30 formal members, centralized leadership. Too early to assess governance outcomes.

Party structure emerging. Magyar dominant figure but building organizational capacity. Participated in EP elections (7 MEPs elected June 2024). Democratic internal structure developing.

Criticism of Fidesz generally fact-based (corruption evidence, insider knowledge). Some personal attacks on Orbán but within political norms. No documented false claims about other opposition parties.