Hungary’s incumbent Fidesz-led alliance, based on preliminary results with 88.57 percent of the votes counted, secured a sweeping victory in Sunday’s election, and was on course to win 133 seats in the 199-seat parliament, which would hand it a two-thirds majority. Continue reading “Fidesz wins big in Hungary”
Hungary’s next parliament will have “very strong legitimacy”, ruling Fidesz parliamentary leader Gergely Gulyas said, commenting on the high turnout on election day, but he ruled out the possibility that Fidesz would receive enough votes for a two-thirds majority. Continue reading “Gulyas rules out Fidesz’s two-thirds majority”
According to a poll conducted by Median in the last two days, Fidesz can lose its 2/3 majority in the parliament. The polls closed at 7pm. Continue reading “Really high turnout at the Hungarian elections”
In an interview with Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet, Jobbik’s chairman and prime ministerial candidates said his party’s MPs have been approached by people close to Fidesz, who were enquiring what they’d do if Fidesz won’t have a majority in the parliament after the elections on Sunday. Continue reading “Vona: Jobbik will win alone”
Hungarian embassies in Europe have been ordered by the MFA in Budapest to collect negative stories about immigration in order to support the re-election campaign of Viktor Orban, an article by The Telegraph reveals. Continue reading “Telegraph: Hungarian embassies ordered to gather negative stories about migrants”
Anyone who “aims to preserve Hungary as a Hungarian country” should cast both their ballots for Fidesz at the upcoming general election, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told supporters at the ruling party’s campaign closing event in Szekesfehervar, in central Hungary, on Friday. Continue reading “Orban: Migration jeopardises our future”
The debate of Hungarian prime ministerial candidates was held on Thursday evening on the RTL Klub tv channel.Viktor Orban was invited, but he didn’t go to the programme. The Hungarian prime minister refuses to participate in debates since 2006. Continue reading “The debate of PM candidates was held without Orban”
Hungary needs a united and competent government to halt immigration, which would irrevocably alter the country’s character, Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, said, adding that the only force able to form such a government after Sunday’s election would be the incumbent Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance. Continue reading “Orban: Only we can protect Hungary from immigration”
Hungary and Bavaria are connected not only by the Danube and the common history, but also by the determination to protect our common culture in Europe, the Bundestag’s vice-president, Hans-Peter Friedrich says. Continue reading “The Bundestag’s vice president supports Orban”
Building a civic Hungary will remain Fidesz’s key long-term objective, the ruling party’s parliamentary group leader said in an interview published by political weekly Demokrata ahead of Sunday’s general election. Continue reading “Gulyas: Civic Hungary remains ruling Fidesz’s main objective”
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