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Hungarian Opposition Leader Magyar Walks to Romania, Courting Ethnic Hungarians
- On Saturday, Hungarian opposition figure Peter Magyar crossed into Romania accompanied by supporters to engage with the ethnic Hungarian community there.
- Magyar launched his week-long journey to gain conservative support among ethnic Hungarians ahead of Hungary's early 2026 parliamentary elections.
- He stopped in small towns to engage rural voters, while Magyar’s Tisza party, established last year, challenges Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party.
- A May 23 poll by Publicus indicated that Tisza had 43% support compared to Fidesz's 36% among decided Hungarian voters, while Magyar stated on May 14 that his march was intended to show solidarity.
- Magyar’s effort signals a push to broaden support among ethnic Hungarians in Romania despite Orban’s government already backing these communities and their voting rights abroad.
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The leader of the Hungarian opposition, Peter Magyar, supported a speech on solidarity and unity between Romanians and magicians, but also on the common future in Europe, during the last phase of his symbolic march entitled “A million Steps”, starting at 14...
After a week and a half of marching on foot, Péter Magyar reached Oradea over the weekend. His Transylvanian sympathizers expect respect from him, some say Viktor Orbán “shit in the face” when he praised the anti-Hungarian presidential candidate. But the Tisza Party president was also awaited by some counter-protesters.
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Péter Magyar is on the move to gain support from Romania's one million Hungarians in next year's elections.
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