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Tisza Is "on the Verge of Victory", Party Leader Peter Magyar Tells Campaign Rally
Péter Magyar pledges anti-corruption reforms, EU fund recovery, environmental and health protections, and a constitutional ban on mandatory military service ahead of April elections.
- On Sunday, Péter Magyar used his year-evaluation rally at Hungexpo, Budapest to unveil an ambitious programme for government ahead of the 12 April 2026 parliamentary elections.
- Seeking an alternative to the ruling party, Péter Magyar said Hungary spent 16 years in a climate dominated by hostility and propaganda, criticising `one-man rule` and targeting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
- Policy specifics ranged from defence to social services, including a constitutional prohibition on mandatory military service, a government commissioner for nationwide road renovation, inspections at the Samsung SDI battery plant in Göd, and reforms in child protection, healthcare and social services.
- Closing the rally, Péter Magyar urged voters at home and abroad to vote in April, saying the election will decide whether the country remains divided or begins a new, cooperative chapter.
- The platform combines anti-corruption measures and economic shifts toward Hungarian SMEs and higher-value industries to address youth emigration, high living costs and limited job prospects.
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Tisza Party vows “peaceful, humane Hungary” as Péter Magyar sets out election pledges at year-evaluation rally
Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party, used his party’s annual year-evaluation event on Sunday to present an ambitious programme for government, arguing that Hungary is “at the gate of victory” ahead of the 12 April elections.Speaking to supporters at Hungexpo in Budapest, the opposition politician outlined plans ranging from constitutional guarantees against military conscription to a nationwide road renovation scheme and stricter oversight o…
Last year, Péter Magyar held his one a week before Viktor Orbán's annual review, and now one day after. You can read our minute-by-minute coverage here. Today, there is probably no party leader who would not hold something similar at this time, before the start of the spring season. This is also an element of politics in which – for reason or not – we must follow Orbán, whose first annual review was delivered on February 4, 1999 in Vigadó.
Péter Magyar met with European leaders in Munich before the annual review, and will set off on a tour of the country on Monday. Participants are already arriving at Hungexpo.
Reporting on the annual evaluation of the Tisza Party chairman, AP also highlights that while Orbán was not present at the Munich Security Conference, the Hungarians participated in numerous bilateral meetings. International magazine review.
The Hungarian, who was a former insider in Orban's nationalist Fides party, burst onto the Hungarian political scene in 2024 after breaking with his political community and quickly forming the center-right Tisza party.
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