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Pro-European Former Orban Ally: Who Is Hungarian Opposition Leader Magyar?
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At the beginning of 2024, hardly anyone knew Péter Magyar in Hungary. How did he manage to become Viktor Orbán's most promising competitor in 15 years?
Orban's challenger is going to the polls on change. But Péter Magyar is also trying to downplay his plans for voters at home.
Hungary's parliamentary elections are not until next year, but the main opposition figure is already campaigning. Peter Magyar is seen as a real contender to turn Hungarian politics upside down and end Viktor Orban's 15-year rule. Mr. Magyar's Party of Respect and Freedom is leading by a few percentage points in opinion polls and hopes to appeal to people of all stripes - as long as they don't approve of Orban's rule.
This is a very serious moral crisis for the opposition, that it denies itself and condones everything.
Good morning! Here is the weekend version of the 444 daily newsletter, with the most important materials and news from the past week. We have other newsletters, you can subscribe to them here. BelföldMagyar Péter and the old opposition: In 2010, Orbán persuaded voters with very similar rhetoric to the one Magyar is now using to push the opposition off the stage. Magyar and his party could now show how they relate to violence against women, when …
There is a good chance that the Tisza Party's primary election, which will start in the fall, will easily surpass not only the 663,000 figures of the similar opposition campaign in 2021, but also the Voice of the Nation's own record of 1.1 million participants. The implementation will be a logistical nightmare with serious pitfalls, and besides success, it may also entail political dangers. But then why is it worth it for Péter Magyar and the ot…
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