Marc Loustau

In 2024, Hungary’s Our Homeland Party, which has close ties to the radical 64 Counties Youth Movement, opened an office in the Serbian city of Subotica and announced a new membership recruiting initiative. Subotica is in Vojvodina, a region with a large Hungarian minority population. Our Homeland leaders announced they would sign up activists from the Hungarian minority community, but the Subotica office has closed and the recruiting initiative has not produced public demonstrations or other evidence of radicalization. The initiative’s apparent lack of success raises questions about whether the Hungarian minority is receptive to far-right political messaging. What do Hungarians in Serbia really think of far-right recruiters from next door? I will travel to Serbia to research responses to Hungary-based far-right activists. I will interview members of Serbia’s Hungarian minority in Subotica and villages in the Vojvodina region. I will describe what individuals say about Hungary-based extremist organizations, including the possibility that local Hungarian minorities may be “indifferent,” not actively aware of Our Homeland and its recruiting initiatives.