US EditionHungarian opposition leader Magyar vows to pull Hungary back toward the West in campaign launch
Péter Magyar pledges euro adoption by 2030, corruption crackdown, and recovery of suspended EU funds to reverse Hungary's drift from the European Union.
- Opposition leader Péter Magyar launched his party's election campaign, vowing to restore Hungary's Western orientation ahead of the pivotal vote against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
- Magyar, a former Fidesz insider, has grown his center-right Tisza party into a formidable political force against Orbán's nationalist party after 16 years in power.
- While vowing to maintain policies on immigration, Magyar pledged to bring back EU funding suspended over democratic backsliding concerns and invest in healthcare and transportation.
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Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar promised to fight corruption in the country, boost the economy and promote a strengthening of civil liberties in the light of the parliamentary elections due in April. "It is time to name corruption in its name: theft," said Magyar on Sunday in front of hundreds of supporters in Budapest. At the campaign event in the Hungarian capital, he accused the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban of having mis…
The Hungarian opposition leader, Peter Magyar, is in good position in the polls, two months before the general elections scheduled for April.
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Hungarian opposition leader Magyar vows to pull Hungary back toward the West in campaign launch
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is launching his election campaign and says he can return Hungary to a stronger European path.
In the run-up to the legislatures, two visions of the West are opposed in Hungary. In economic difficulty and disputed for his authoritarian drifts and his defence of Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban sees his conservative rival Péter Magyar take advantage in the polls.
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has officially launched his party's election campaign in Budapest. He has vowed to return the country to a Western course and restore ties with its EU and NATO partners if he wins. Magyar has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government of corruption, economic mismanagement and Hungary's international isolation. He says a victory for Tisza would restore security and stability to the country. Polls sho…
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