Close to a dozen politicians took part in a debate in Budapest ahead of European Parliament elections, marking the first debate since 2006 to be broadcast by public media in Hungary.
Nearly a dozen politicians took to the debate stage in Hungary's capital Thursday to make their pitch to Hungarian voters ahead of European Parliament elections. Outside, protesters demonstrated against the public broadcaster that hosted the event.
Orbán, who has been accused by critics of cracking down on Hungary's media and violating democratic norms, later lost that election to the Socialist incumbent before winning the next ballot in 2010. He has been in power ever since. The path to holding the first debate on public television in 18 years was fraught with controversy.
There is finally a debate, but the circumstances are not what we would have liked. We feel that the parties and the people have not been given a say in how the debate should be,' he said. 'They defined what they could talk about. I hope there’s someone who will be brave and talk about more important things.
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