Massive Rallies by Orbán and His Main Opponent Held in Budapest
Less than a month from now, on April 12, parliamentary elections will be held in Hungary.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his main opponent, Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar, held large rallies in Budapest to mark the national holiday on March 15, writes "European Pravda" with reference to Reuters and 24.hu.
Orbán urged his supporters to mobilize for the vote, which he called "historic." According to him, the ruling Fidesz party must surpass its result from the 2022 elections.
“We must win not like four years ago, but better. We need more votes,” he stated.
The Prime Minister also framed the upcoming elections as a choice between war and peace, accusing opponents of attempting to drag Hungary into the war in Ukraine.
The opposition rejects these accusations.
According to Orbán, the rally of his supporters was the largest of its kind and filled the square near the Parliament. At the same time, opposition forces gathered tens of thousands of people on an avenue leading to Heroes' Square.
Péter Magyar called Orbán's campaign "ridiculous propaganda." Speaking at Heroes' Square, he stated that Hungary must remain part of the European Union and NATO.
“To retain power at all costs — that's what matters to him now. To provoke war, to threaten war, to escalate war. This is his most powerful weapon against the Hungarian people,” he declared.
According to online broadcast data, significantly more people followed Magyar's speech than Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's speech. Orbán's speech on Facebook was watched by 9-10 thousand people, while on the Prime Minister's YouTube page, the maximum number of viewers was 4 thousand.
At the same time, Magyar's speech is currently being followed by 44 thousand people on Facebook and 87 thousand on YouTube.
Earlier, investigative journalists discovered that Russia had sent a group of political strategists to Hungary, operating from the Russian embassy in Budapest, to conduct a disinformation campaign and interfere in the country's parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, Orbán accused the opposition Tisza party of being financed by Ukraine. He urged journalists to seek the publication of national security committee reports, but they never received answers.
New public opinion polls ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections show increasing support for Orbán's Fidesz party, but the opposition Tisza party continues to lead by a margin of 14 percentage points.
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