Hungary Enters Election Season with Orban and Magyar Mobilizing Massive Crowds in Budapest
Tens of thousands of Hungarians are expected to gather for rival rallies in Budapest as Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his main challenger, Peter Magyar, formally launch their campaigns ahead of next year’s national elections. The dueling demonstrations, coinciding with the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, come amid an increasingly polarized political atmosphere.
The commemoration of the failed revolution holds symbolic importance for Orban’s ruling Fidesz party, which once positioned itself as staunchly anti-Soviet but has since aligned more closely with Russia....