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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer in Budapest

Hungary’s political challenger says his ‘vision’ can defeat Orbán

Péter Magyar onstage, holding raised hands with supporters
Péter Magyar leading a rally in front of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on Saturday. Photograph: János Kummer/Getty Images

A political newcomer who is causing headaches for Hungary’s government has said his experience as a regime insider can help him succeed where other opposition figures have failed, citing his “crazy” rise in the polls and “vision” as signs that change is possible.

Fourteen years after the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, returned to power and put the country on an illiberal path, some Hungarians had lost hope that his hold on power could be eroded.

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