Choosing Tisza, Orbán argued, was tantamount to surrendering Hungary’s sovereignty and risked allowing it to be drawn into the war between Russia and Ukraine. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is facing his toughest challenge since he returned to power in 2010, according to opinion polls. Orbán’s challenger Péter Magyar was also in the neighbourhood the next day, speaking in Csongrád, a 15-minute bus ride away. It was and it will be.”Leader of Hungarian opposition party Tisza, Péter Magyar, a former government insider-turned-critic. A view of the Hungarian parliament building with a Tisza poster featuring party leader Péter Magyar.

Source: The Irish Times April 07, 2026 14:32 UTC