The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) describes itself as a Social Democratic party in Hungary. It's the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (or MSZMP), which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and still carries repercussions for both the MSZP and Hungary. Some say the MSZP shouldn't have kept the assets of the MSZMP, which were quite substantial, but that these should've been distri… (More on Mszp)