Hungary's political left partly responsible for rise of its far-right

The significant inroads made by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front in the recent regional elections in France — especially in traditionally socialist strongholds — came as a surprise to many.

But the far-right making gains at the expense of the left is nothing new: four years ago something similar happened in Hungary.

In the impoverished northeast region, the Hungarian far-right party, Jobbik, managed to get 24-27 percent of the votes in the 2010 elections, considerably hi...