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Liberal wins Budapest primary to face Orban's Fidesz in mayoral election
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JUNE 26, 2019 / 2:51 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Liberal wins Budapest primary to face Orban's Fidesz in mayoral election
Marton Dunai
4 MIN READ
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The first formal primary in Hungary’s history, for Budapest’s mayoral election, wrapped up on Wednesday as the opposition joined forces to try to wrest political leadership in the capital from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party.
Right-wing strongman Orban’s nationalist agenda has ruffled feathers around Europe but helped him score seven consecutive landslide election wins since 2010 at national, municipal and European parliament level - partly because the opposition has been plagued by infighting.
At least in Budapest leftist parties - taking a leaf out of the political playbook of opposition forces to nationalist governments in Turkey and Poland - will now rally around a single candidate in October’s municipal elections.
On Wednesday, in a pre-election ballot overseen by activist groups, voters from leftist parties in the city chose 44-year-old liberal sociologist Gergely Karacsony to represent them.
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Liberal wins Budapest primary to face Orban's Fidesz in mayoral election
Marton Dunai
4 MIN READ
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The first formal primary in Hungary’s history, for Budapest’s mayoral election, wrapped up on Wednesday as the opposition joined forces to try to wrest political leadership in the capital from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party.
Right-wing strongman Orban’s nationalist agenda has ruffled feathers around Europe but helped him score seven consecutive landslide election wins since 2010 at national, municipal and European parliament level - partly because the opposition has been plagued by infighting.
At least in Budapest leftist parties - taking a leaf out of the political playbook of opposition forces to nationalist governments in Turkey and Poland - will now rally around a single candidate in October’s municipal elections.
On Wednesday, in a pre-election ballot overseen by activist groups, voters from leftist parties in the city chose 44-year-old liberal sociologist Gergely Karacsony to represent them.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-politics-budapest-primary/liberal-wins-budapest-primary-to-face-orbans-fidesz-in-mayoral-election-idUSKCN1TR2WF
