The opposition hopes that the appeal of Péter Márki-Zay will be enough to beat the violent Viktor Orbán. The EU Newsletter covers key EU issues every Friday. You can order the entire letter to your email.
1.4. 08: 00 • Updated 1.4. 09:26
He will travel to Budapest tomorrow to report on the Hungarian parliamentary elections. A bubbling electoral situation awaits in the cousin and its capital.
Is the opposition seriously challenging the prime minister Viktor Orbánin and this Fidesz party? If not, what does Orbán’s fourth term mean for Hungary and the EU?
Sunday’s election is likely to be the busiest in the EU in 2022, especially now with the president Emmanuel Macron seems to be able to whistle for Marshall while waiting for his election victory.
There is one person in the spotlight of the entire election tension: the beak man of the opposition’s extensive and varied effort Peter Mark-Zay.
SAY AFTER: Hódmezővásárhely. Once again: Hódmezővásárhely.
The Hungarian language can be painful. But the same word would not be easy even if it is freely translated: Majavapellonkauppapaikka.
It is a town the size of Rauma, with about 40,000 inhabitants in Hungary, near the Romanian border. The setting is traditional: lots of agriculture and a bunch of clever historic buildings.
In 2018, the city had godparents. Márki-Zay, a completely inexperienced politician, ran for mayoral election and defeated the ruling party of Fidesz by a considerable difference, by almost four thousand votes.
Márki-Zay, who went to the polls independently, received the support of five opposition parties. The parties put the eggs in one basket so they could defeat the strong Fidesz, and succeeded.
In the 2019 local elections, the opposition continued with the same tactics and achieved its best success during Fidesz’s reign. Its a candidate Gregory Christmas won the mayoral election in Budapest and success came in many other areas as well.
MÀRKI-ZAY has not emerged as the frontrunner of the opposition. On the contrary, he has described himself as a “disappointed voter of Fidesz.”
Márki-Zay is neither left nor green, but a conservative and Catholic sales and marketing professional with seven children.
As a unifier of the opposition, he is close to the bulls. Márki-Zay speaks fluently in favor of administrative transparency but tough budgets, traditional family models but the fundamental rights of sexual minorities. Something for everyone. (switch to another service)
Márki-Zay is not a liberal beanie or a favorite of young people, but a precision missile aimed at the broad middle-class family middle class, somewhat like a half-Órbán aimed at Orbánia.
OPPOSITION supporters know that Orbán has fortified his party supporters on key plots. Even if power fluctuates in an election, it does not mean a change of everything overnight but small steps.
From them, Márki-Zay’s outfit leaves. A meager victory in the election, or even the blocking of the current two-thirds majority in Fidesz. Both goals are difficult, so is the popularity of Orbán, especially in rural areas.
Márki-Zay turns 50 on Europe Day, 9 May. What is known as a gift to himself and to the EU aspiring to get rid of Orbán will be revealed on Sunday in Hungary.
‘s foreign journalist Teemu Juhola visited Hungary to sniff out pre-election prescriptions. You can read his story from this link. Then my tips for last week’s events in Europe.
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EU finance ministers and representatives of the eurogroup will meet next week. At the top of the list is the economic impact of the Russian attack. Among other things, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has already warned of the threat of a recession.
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