Video: Sunday's Election In Hungary Will Be A Barometer Of Nationalist Sentiment
- 6 Apr 2018 3:00 PM
MTI Photo: Szigetváry Zsolt
MTI Photo: Szigetváry Zsolt
Key members of the opposition Momentum Movement staged a humorous political protest on Wednesday morning to make a serious point, leaving hundreds of toilet-cleaning brushes outside the mansion of János Lázár, Hungary’s Minister of Construction and Transport.
With elections due in April this year, can the right-wing populist PM Viktor Orbán, who has been in power for 15 years, hold off his main political challenger, Péter Magyar, as polls show the race tightening?
The suspension of Klara Dobrev's parliamentary immunity has been requested in the European Parliament, following an initiative by Balazs Hanko, minister of culture and innovation. At an online press briefing on Sunday, the Democratic Coalition's (DK) leader said the move was an attempt to silence and intimidate her, but it would not succeed.
President Tamas Sulyok has set the date for Hungary's next parliamentary election at April 12, and the presidential office has confirmed it, MTI reports.
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