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Technically Fidesz and KDNP are a coalition, but many consider KDNP to actually be a satellite party of Fidesz,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairobserver.com/article/sanctions-hungary-what-and-why-now|title=Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?|author=Alexander Herholz|date=12 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/documents/epern-election-briefing-no-51.pdf|title=Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010|author=Dr. Agnes Batory|year=2010}}</ref> since it has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since [[1994 Hungarian parliamentary election|1994]] when it barely passed the [[election threshold]] of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/itthon/20100719_merheto_kdnp_nepszeruseg_tamogatottsag|title=Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága|author=hvg.hu|date=2010-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsos.hu/site/javul-fidesz-s-jobbik-stagn-l-mszp/|title=Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP|author=Szonda Ipsos polls|date=2 July 2009|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202113851/http://www.ipsos.hu/site/javul-fidesz-s-jobbik-stagn-l-mszp|archive-date=2 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://harrachpeter.fidesz.hu/index.php?id_cikk=15622|title=Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)|date=13 May 2011}}</ref> and even a leading Fidesz politician, [[János Lázár]] stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/itthon/20110718_lazar_kdnp_nem_koalicios_kormany|title=Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)|author=hvg.hu|date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
 
On March 3, 2021, the Fidesz left the [[European People's Party group|European People's Party Parliamentary Group]], while KDNP remained a member of it.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} In response to the admission of the [[Respect and Freedom Party|Tisza Party]] to the EPP following the [[2024 European Parliament election]], the KDNP decided to leave the EPP and its parliamentary group on 18 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Tisza Párt felvétele miatt a KDNP kilép az Európai Néppártból|url=https://444.hu/2024/06/18/a-tisza-part-felvetele-miatt-a-kdnp-kilep-az-europai-neppartbol|access-date=2024-06-19|website=444.hu|date=18 June 2024|language=hu}}</ref>
 
==Electoral results==