A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history
A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history on Sunday, the latest stop on his campaign tour that has mobilized thousands across Hungary’s rural heartland.
, has announced it will run 12 candidates in June 9 European Union elections, with Magyar appearing first on the party list. has also announced it will run four candidates in local council elections in the capital Budapest. His appearance on Sunday in Debrecen, a stronghold of Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party, reflected the focus his fledgling campaign has placed on the Hungarian countryside, where Orbán is popular.
at 25% among certain voters, with Orbán’s Fidesz well ahead at 45%. Governing party politicians have dismissed Magyar, who describes himself as a moderate conservative, as a leftist in disguise, and suggested that foreign interests lie behind his rise. Orbán and has party have ruled Hungary with a constitutional majority since 2010.
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