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Hoping to deal a blow to Hungary's Orbán, challenger holds mass demonstration on eve of EU election

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A rising political newcomer hoping to deal a blow to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in the country's capital in a final show of strength on the eve of a European Parliament election.

People wave Hungarian national flags during a demonstration, where Péter Magyar, a challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, adresses his supporters on the eve of European Parliament elections on Saturday, June 8, 2024. A challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Péter Magyar, addresses his supporters during a demonstration on the eve of European Parliament elections on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

TISZA has gained its base of support among voters disillusioned by both Orbán’s illiberal form of governance and Hungary’s traditional opposition parties, which have provenOne Magyar supporter, 69-year-old Budapest resident Mária Németh, said on Saturday that she hasn’t voted in any election since 2010, when she supported Hungary’s right-wing Jobbik party.

“If Péter Magyar hadn’t come around, I wouldn’t vote,” Németh said. “They tell so many lies about the war. Everyone wants peace, whether on the left or the right, everyone wants peace.”During his campaign, Orbán has claimed that a vote for those running against him would risk Hungarian youth being sent to the front lines in Ukraine. Magyar has pushed back on the claim, and on Saturday lifted a slogan Orbán has used to promote his own party.

 

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