We go for it, after all! That’s the slogan expressing the current strategy of the alliance led by Bajnai, former crisis prime minister, as he is called by his allees. In Hungarian that slogan is one word : csakazértis, as you can see on the photo below.
Gordon Bajnai, the crisis prime minsiter
The undeniable fail of the Unity - formed by left wing parties - on the parliamentary elections did not discourage the Együtt-PM alliance from doing their best on the upcoming EP elections. This time and definitely separately from the other left-wing parties of the opposition.
Bajnai told that as EP members they will have to defend Hungarian interest, in cooperation with the Hungarian government, if possible, and if not, then defending them from it. The Együtt-PM alliance would like to build a democratic, transparent and controllable Europe that considers the specific needs of the member states, and where it is possible to stand for member states interest and, in the same time,work for common european interest too.
Péter Krasztev and Márton Benedek 2 of the top 10.On the 8th of March 2013, Együtt 2014 (Together 2014) led by Gordon Bajnai concluded an alliance with the green party PM (Dialogue for Hungary) founded a couple of weeks before, on 17th February 2013 by former members of the green party LMP (Politics can be different) . Representing their new-born parties, Gordon Bajnai and Tímea Szabó signed the document.
Responding to a question Bajnai told that they presume 2 or 3 candidates getting seat in the EP. Members of the PM will sit in the Green group. The Együtt 2014 member plan to sit in S&D group.
Bajnai is at the top of the EP list, but he does not intend to work in the European Parliament. His first place is merely symbolic: it means that internal affairs of Hungary has to consider european politics. He will yield his place to his comrades. The list contains further 33 names, ending with the other co-president of PM, Tímea Szabó. The second name is Benedek Jávor, biologist, environmentalist and co-president of the PM , followed by Zsuzsa Szelényi, psychologue and former member of Fidesz and a writer Péter Krasztev, the former head of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Bratislava.
co-chair of the Dialogue for Hungary, Benedek Jávor, # 2 who is #1 in fact.
The first or top 10 candidates has been presented to the press today but the full list is published on their websites (PM and Együtt2014)
1. Gordon Bajnai
2. Benedek Jávor 3. Zsuzsa Szelényi
4. Péter Krasztev 5. Péter Balázs
6. Dávid Dorosz 7. Márton Benedek
8. Gábor Daróczi 9. Zita Herman
10. Nóra Hajdu 11. János Dávid
12. Péter Szilágyi 13. István Sértő Radics
14. Melinda Teket 15. Gábor Borsos
16. Edina Bátyai 17. Csilla Dienes
18. Szabolcs Datki 19. Dr. István Szegedy
20. András Szeles 21. Gábor Erőss
22. Szelim Simándi 23. Sándor Nagy
24. Gábor Hídvégi 25. Géza Szalóczy
26. Márton Kovács 27. Gyula Cseke
28. Ágnes Réz 29. András Kövesdi
30. Ottó Bence 31. Balázs Berkecz
32. Péter Rauschenberger 33. Rebeka Szabó
34. Tímea Szabó
