Controversial Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban continues to enjoy massive opinion poll leads with exactly one month until parliamentary elections on Sunday 8 April. However several recent developments have given his opponents at home and abroad a glimmer of hope that he will not be re-elected with an overwhelming majority. Firstly, while Orban’s right-wing Fidesz-KDNP […]
Category: Hungary
Election result: Hungarian Presidency 2017
With a crushing majority for the ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance in place in the Hungarian parliament, today’s indirect election for the Head of State’s post was a foregone conclusion for their candidate Janos Ader. The incumbent since 2012, Ader was running for a second five-year term. The Presidential election rules required a two-thirds majority on the […]