Video: Can Hungary’s Opposition Erode Orban’s Popularity?
- 25 Apr 2019 7:29 AM
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
Ruling Fidesz has launched an “outdoor” campaign of putting out billboards and distributing leaflets in preparation for the upcoming European parliamentary and municipal elections, the communications director of the party said in a video on Facebook on Sunday.
Fully 70% of Hungarians say they are likely to vote in the June European Parliament elections, according to a fresh Eurobarometer survey.
Opposition LMP has called on Gergely Karácsony, Budapest’s incumbent mayor, and Alexandra Szentkirályi, ruling Fidesz’s mayoral candidate, to accept a debate with Dávid Vitézy, the green party’s candidate.
“We cannot accept that Brussels has abandoned Europeans, moreover, turned against them,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a speech marking Hungary’s March 15 national holiday.
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