Radical Visions of Europe in 20-21st Century Hungary

The paper shall focus on a historical comparison between the attitude displayed by Hungarian radical right wing movements toward supranational construction and the European idea. Through the use of ethnicity, geopolitics and socio-economic populism, radical right wing parties and movements not only display a critical stance toward Europe, but also construct alternative visions of it. The European question is one they could not eschew in the past or at present times. My presentation shall focus on the main critical points and the alternative constructions of “the Europe of nations”, and the attempt of radical right wing parties to find international support and fellow travelers. I shall make a diachronic comparative history of ideas between radical right wing apprehensions of Europe and its relationship with the nation, in order to reveal certain surprising details.