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ELECTION OFFICE OKAYS 11 EP LISTS

 

Thirteen parties or party alliances have submitted lists for the upcoming European parliamentary elections, out of which 11 have been supported by valid signatures of the required minimum of 20,000 voters, the National Election Office told MTI on Saturday. Under the law, parties wishing to run in the election had between April 20 and May 3 to collect the required number of signatures, the office noted. According to the office, the lists of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance, Megoldás (Solution) Movement, LMP, Democratic Coalition, Socialist Party, Párbeszéd-Greens, Második Reformkor Party (Second Reform Age), Mindenki Magyarországa (Everybody’s Hungary), Momentum Movement, Jobbik-Conservatives, Tisztelet es Szabadság (Respect and Freedom), Mi Hazánk Mouvement (Mi Hazánk) and the Two-tailed Dog Party have been verified as having at least 20,000 signatures to support their fielding candidates in the election.