Hungarian Radical Party Hungarian Radical Party The Hungarian Radical Party (, MRP) was a political party in Hungary in the period after World War II. The party was revived after the end of communism in 1989–90, but remained unsuccessful. The party was founded in November 1944 by Imre Csécsy, although it was not organised properly until the spring of 1945. In the parliamentary elections that year it received just 0.1% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The 1947 elections saw the party increase its vote share to 1.7%, winning six seats. Prior to the 1949 elections it was forced to join
Groen (political party) in 1982. It remained separate of the social movement. Prominent members of the movement Agalev, such as founder Versteylen chose not to join the political party Agalev. In the municipal elections of 1982 the party performed particularly well winning more than 10% in several municipalities. In its first periods in parliament the party functioned as a protest party forcing the other parties to take more action against environmental pollution and Third World poverty. The party campaigned on specific environmental issues, such as local anti-nuclear energy protests. The party won two additional seats in the 1985 elections, two additional seats in