He said the party had received positive feedback from the eight opposition organisations to which it appealed for co-operation two weeks ago.

Mesterhazy announced in late November that his party would initiate talks with opposition parties with a view to establishing an electoral alliance.

The groups in question are the three founding members of the Together 2014 movement – Patriotism and Progress, Milla, and the Hungarian Solidarity Movement – as well as LMP, the Democratic Coalition, 4K!, the Social Democrat Party and In Alliance Together for Hungary.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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