US EditionHundreds of Thousands of Hungarians Attend Rival Rallies in Budapest as Orbán Faces Election Test
Hundreds of thousands gathered in Budapest to demonstrate support for Prime Minister Orbán's nationalist stance and challenger Magyar’s focus on inflation and corruption, signaling a tight race.
- On Oct. 23 in Budapest, competing demonstrations by Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, and Péter Magyar, opposition leader, marked the official start of the campaign ahead of the election due in April.
- Orbán, in power since 2010, is lagging in the polls with six months before the ballot, prompting efforts to reinvigorate his base.
- Orbán's supporters marched from a bridge spanning the Danube River toward the neo-Gothic parliament, where Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, assailed Ukraine and the EU in a roughly 40-minute speech, saying `We don’t want to die for Ukraine`.
- Scores of buses transported participants from around Hungary and neighboring countries, while Péter Magyar's supporters filled a central square in Budapest, signaling campaign momentum ahead of April.
- Seen as close to Moscow, Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, opposes Western support for Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022, raising stakes for Hungary's future direction and Orbán's tenure.
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On October 23, Hungarians commemorate the bloody revolution of 1956. This year, on that day, tens of thousands of Orban's supporters and opponents marched through Budapest. It is a fierce start to the election campaign.
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, today. Some protested against Prime Minister Orbán's government, while others expressed support for it. Orbán's supporters marched to parliament early in the afternoon, followed by a rally for his main political rival, Péter Magyar. According to the Hungarian news website 24.hu, some 160,000 supported Magyar, and 85,000 supported Orbán. The demonstrations are mar…
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