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Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) or more commonly known as Fidesz is the current ruling political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. Founded in 1988, Fidesz was initially a liberal student activist party opposing the Communist regime and had a leading roll in the 1989 revolutions which led to the end of communism in the country on October 23, 1989. Throught the early-mid 90’s, The party moved it’s ideology from liberalism to conservatism. From the mid 90’s to the mid-2010’s, It was generally considered a center-right party, However around 2015 (especially after the migration crisis started) many have begun to characterize the party as right-far right on the political spectrum due to it’s hardline stance on immigration and increasing authoritarianism of Orbán. Fidesz became a member of the European Union’s center-right group the European People’s Party (EPP) in 2000 with Hungary joining the EU in 2004. However, in March 2019, The party was suspended from the EPP due to the party’s increasingly authoritarian tendencies.