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A youth-led push for change threatens Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary's elections
Young voters back the Tisza party, which gained 30% in recent European elections, aiming to end Orbán's 16-year rule and restore Western ties and economic growth.
- Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a significant challenge to his 16-year rule from the center-right Tisza party and its leader, Magyar, a 45-year-old lawyer, ahead of April 12 elections.
- A widening generational gap defines the contest, with a 21 Research Center Poll showing 65% of voters under 30 support Tisza, while Fidesz leads 50% to 19% among retirement-age Hungarians.
- Over 100,000 people attended a recent rally in Budapest, where Tisza supporter Dorina Csóbán said the election had become "pretty divisive in my family for the older people, because we younger people are saying clearly that there must be change."
- Magyar promises to end Hungary's drift toward Russia and restore Western orientation by recovering billions in blocked EU funds to revive the stagnating economy.
- Floriàn Vàgh, a 25-year-old student, called the current system "absolutely dysfunctional," reflecting a new political generation pushing to end what they view as autocratic rule after living their entire lives under Orbán's regime.
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A youth-led push for change threatens Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary's elections
Two weeks before pivotal elections, Hungary’s young voters are rallying behind Péter Magyar’s Tisza party and posing the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in years.
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