From Emerging Europe:
A Hungarian politician formerly from a far-right party seen as
xenophobic has met Hungary’s chief orthodox rabbi after going public
with his Jewish roots.
In a June interview, Csanad Szegedi said his grand-parents were
orthodox Jews, an announcement that stirred emotions among Hungarian
politicians and supporters of Jobbik, a far-right party that defines
itself as radical and has 45 seats in Hungary’s 386-seat parliament.
Some of the Jobbik party’s messages have been considered
anti-Semitic. Jobbik MP Zsolt Barath caused outrage in Hungary when in
an April speech in parliament he commemorated the 130th
anniversary of the Tiszaeszlar blood libel, seen as one of the first
anti-Semitic events in modern-era Hungary. “It was an objective speech
and Mr. Barath was well prepared. There will be no apology, no
resignation,” Jobbik vice-president Elod Novak said at the time....MORE
Here are some members of Hungary's third largest political party:
