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Lili Bayer in Budapest

Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule

Peter Magyar, vice president of the Respect and Freedom party speaks during a demonstration at the Heroes' Square in Budapest on 8 June.
Peter Magyar, vice president of the Respect and Freedom party speaks during a demonstration at the Heroes' Square in Budapest on 8 June. Photograph: Szilárd Koszticsák/EPA

Thousands of people rallied in Budapest on Saturday as a political newcomer led a push to mobilise voters against Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ahead of European elections on Sunday.

“We defeated apathy,” declared Péter Magyar, a former government insider who switched sides and launched an opposition movement, as he stood in front of a vast crowd which filled the capital’s Heroes’ Square.

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