Hungarian voters go to the polls on Sunday for a critical series of municipal elections across the country. At stake? The future prospects for the ruling Fidesz Party and above all for the upstart Jobbik Party, a far right-wing organization that is blaming minorities for many of the economic problems plaguing a nation still in the grip of a recession. With French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the process of shipping his own Roma back to Central Europe, World Policy Institute senior fellow Belinda Cooper takes a look at the Romas' dilemmas. In the new Fall issue of World Policy Journal, Michael J. Jordan examines the roots and rise of the Jobbik Party.
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