Politics Continued

So, election results... (Interesting side note: April was the sixth parliamentary election since the official end of communism...) Here is the promised link, best overview I could find so far:

http://www.politics.hu/20101004/right-makes-dramatic-gains-in-hungarys-municipal-elections

Also, in reading up on the party (Jobbik) and group (the guarda)  mentioned in the previous post, it turns out that they did spawn from the far-right wing party. It seems from the elections that the far-right gained in the poorer areas, while the right/center-right gained overall and won most of Budapest. From the previously posted link:

"Fidesz is providing mayors for 22 out of 23 major cities and will control all 19 county assemblies, according to official preliminary results."

Yes, in almost every democratic country it seems there is a political pendulum that swings from left to right and back again, but what is so significant about this is that even Budapest went right of center this time. Let me clarify: Budapest swung right, something that has not happened in the 20 years since democracy returned to Hungary. On top of all this, Hungary has the EU presidency in January. (After the first two of the trio, Spain and Belgium.) Should make things interesting, especially since we've already seen a tax debate where the EU has cautioned the new government to hold off on the proposed (dramatic) tax revamping for the next 2 years, which it sounds like they've agreed to it.

Anyway, schoolwork to do. I really am curious as to how all of this will play out. So yeah not leaving the dorm on the 24th, yay for not having classes on that day. On a random side note: David will be here at the end of the month, I'm really looking forward to it!