Patrik Smit

Student of Political Science at the University of Szeged, intern at the Free Market Foundation.

BY Patrik Smit AND Free Market Foundation / May 31, 2016

April 20, 2016, marked the beginning of a brand new chapter in the history of the Hungarian radical right-wing party, Jobbik. The party\'s leader, Gábor Vona, declared emblematic party leaders Előd Novák, István Szávay, and István Apáti shall not run for the office of the party\'s vice president.

Politics

Compulsory Military Service in Hungary: A Political Skirmish

BY Patrik Smit AND Free Market Foundation / February 17, 2016

Since the middle of January, the question of conscription has been in the center of public attention in Hungary. Leader of the parliamentary group of Fidesz expressed plans to change the current system but did not mention any exact agenda. The majority of opposition parties immediately objected the idea.