Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule
Péter Magyar’s Tisza party trails the populist leader in the polls, but is offering liberal voters renewed hope
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" Thousands of people rallied in Budapest on Saturday as a political newcomer led a push to mobilise voters against Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ahead of European elections on Sunday.
“We defeated apathy,” declared Péter Magyar, a former government insider who switched sides and launched an opposition movement, as he stood in front of a vast crowd which filled the capital’s Heroes’ Square."
Good news, it will be a rough road to oust him though.
This is EP and local government election, parliamentary elections will be in 2026. Orbán is expected to get 40-50% today. On a parliamentary election that could still result in a supermajority, or close to it. Orbán wil be ousted by colesterol, not by election.
Orbán wil be ousted by colesterol, not by election.
I'd laugh if it wasn't so serious. Hurrah for cardiac arrest then!