András Schiffer (born 19 June 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian lawyer and former politician, who served as co-president of the Politics Can Be Different and leader of its parliamentary group.
[5] Schiffer received his Juris Doctor degree at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1995.
Védegylet was instrumental in electing László Sólyom for President of Hungary, against the Socialist Speaker of the House, Katalin Szili, Schiffer took a leading role in that campaign personally as well.
As a result, Benedek Jávor, a follower of the agreement, resigned from his position of parliamentary group leader.
[9] Unlike Jávor, Schiffer did not support cooperation with Bajnai and the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP).
[11] In January 2013, the LMP's congress rejected electoral cooperation with other opposition forces, including Together 2014.
[12] As a result, members of LMP's "Dialogue for Hungary" platform announced their decision to leave the opposition party and form a new organization.
[16] The seven party MPs were able to re-establish the LMP's caucus on 1 September 2013, after the decision of the Committee on Immunity, Incompatibility and Mandate.
Schiffer declared that he would not participate in the next parliamentary election and would return to his previous profession as a lawyer.