Watch: Hungary's Opposition Surges in the Polls: What Next?
- 2 Oct 2024 5:13 PM
The pro-government Civil Union Forum (CÖF) and its associated Civil Union Foundation (CÖKA) have officially announced a "Peace March" (Békemenet) to be held on the March 15 national holiday. The organization’s leader, László Csizmadia, confirmed on Tuesday that the police have been notified of the plans for the demonstration, which traditionally draws hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Orbán administration.
As Hungary prepares to commemorate the 1848 Revolution this March 15, the political landscape is particularly charged. Péter Magyar’s TISZA party, currently the country’s leading opposition force, has called for a massive "National March" through the heart of Budapest.
Janos Hajdu, director-general of Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK and a former chief bodyguard of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, was added on Friday to the Myrotvorets (Peacemaker) website, a database of Ukraine’s enemies run by civilian activists.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has effectively issued a death threat against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, declared at a public forum on Thursday in Sopron. "But Hungary cannot be blackmailed, no matter what threats are made," he said, adding that Zelensky had gone "beyond all limits".
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