Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, of the Fidesz party, is seeking a fifth term at the head of Hungary during Sunday’s legislative elections.
After an undivided reign of 16 years, the 62-year-old sovereignist is seriously threatened by a former loyalist, Peter Magyar, 45, at the head of the center-right Tisza party. Polling institutes give him six to 16 points ahead of the head of government.
Eurosceptic Viktor Orban is today the longest-serving leader of the European Union. The one who made Hungary a laboratory of right-wing populism notably received the support of American President Donald Trump and the leader of the National Rally deputies Marine Le Pen.
The issues of the ballot, portraits, analyses, reports:
* BOX-Legislative elections on April 12 in Hungary, the challenges of a vote which threatens Orban L6N40M0GQ
* Opposition party Tisza still ahead of Orban’s Fidesz in polls nL8N40R0GH
* PORTRAIT-Viktor Orban facing the battle of a lifetime to extend his reign L6N40R0TI
* PORTRAIT-Peter Magyar, Orban’s former admirer, now wants to dethrone him L6N40R0QU
* The far right in the position of arbiter in the legislative elections
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* Young voters turn their backs on Viktor Orban
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* In a village pub, voting takes place over pints
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* JD Vance slams EU “interference” in Hungarian vote during visit to Budapest nL8N40Q0KR
* EU hopes Hungarian elections will end Orban’s blockades nL6N40F0MF
(Paris editorial team)
