If these parties want to delegate members to the vote-counting and election committees, they can do so through the Socialists, Molnár said, adding that the party plans to spend 10-15 million forints (EUR 32,200- 48,300) on the campaign. János Lázár, the government office chief, told a news conference that whereas the opposition party’s support would be “very great”, its actual strength would rely on the will of the voter, and this is why he had asked the Socialists to reconsider their standpoint calling for a boycott of the referendum.

Lázár added that a vote against the quota did not equal a vote for Fidesz.

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