Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to elect a new parliament. Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power for 12 years, officially launched his campaign on Saturday by delivering his “state of the nation address”.
With our correspondent in Budapest, Florence La Bruyere
It is a confident Viktor Orban who enters the electoral campaign. In his traditional speech at the start of the year, the Prime Minister posed as a man of experience on whom one can count. “ I spent 16 years in opposition and 16 years in government. I have five children and five grandchildren. I think now everyone knows who I am “, did he declare.
If the left manipulated by Brussels returns to power, it will be a disaster, warns the Prime Minister who recalls the gifts he gave to the Hungarians: a thirteenth month for pensioners, the freezing of the price of gasoline, a minimum wage up 20%.
Leading in the polls
And to say that the opposition deputies refused to vote for these measures. “ Nor did they vote to abolish the tax for those under 25. Me, I hope that the voters will not vote for them “says Viktor Orban.
The economic stability promised by the government seduces voters. A month and a half before the election, the ruling party is leading in the polls. ” In 50 days you can count on the right “says Viktor Orban, more confident than ever. However, the ballot promises to be tight for the leader of the Hungarian right, who is facing a united opposition front for the first time.