Mit ígérnek? (What they promise) has been launched by 12 economists as a non-partizan non-profit project to analyse the party programmes during the run up to the Hungarian parliamentary elections of April 2010.
The focus is on the parties that reached 5% or more at the European Parliamentary Elections, namely centre-right Fidesz, Socialist MSZP, far-right Jobbik and centre-right MDF), and judge whether they focus on the most crucial issues and publish the results in a clear way when the programmes are made public or enough details are available. The aim is to evaluate the programme of the parties without bias, focusing specifically on how targeted and well-grounded these are and whether the parties could be made accountable for the promises they make.
We hope the project will contribute to raising the general quality of political and policy debates during the elections - and beyond.
Thanks to xpatloop.com, a detailed summary of the project and its first results are available in English as well. Some of the analysis has been also published by portfolio.hu, the media sponsor of the project.
