Tens of thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orban's government

Source: Reuters

Tens of thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orbán’s government

Reuters in Budapest
Sat 6 Apr 2024 16.26 BST
Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2024 16.41 BST

Tens of thousands of people have turned out in downtown Budapest to protest against the government of Viktor Orbán.

Protesters marched to parliament in the unusually warm spring weather, some of them shouting “We are not scared” and “Orbán, resign”.

Many carried the Hungarian flag or wore clothing in its red, white and green colours, symbols that Orbán’s party have used as their own for the past two decades.

“These are the national colours of Hungary, not the government’s,” said Lejla, 24, who had travelled to Budapest from Sopron, a town on the country’s western border.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/protest-march-budapest-hungary-peter-magyar-viktor-orban-government

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Source: Associated Press

Challenger to Hungary’s Orbán announces new political alternative to tens of thousands of supporters

BY JUSTIN SPIKE
Updated 11:55 AM EDT, April 6, 2024

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Hungary’s capital on Saturday, outlining a plan to unite the country and bring an end to the populist leader’s 14-year hold on power.

At the center of the demonstration, the latest in a recent series of protests against Orbán’s right-wing nationalist government, was political newcomer Peter Magyar, a former insider within Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party who has shot to prominence in recent weeks through his allegations of entrenched corruption and cronyism among the country’s leaders.

Magyar addressed a crowd that filled the sprawling square near the parliament building in Budapest, announcing his creation of a new political community aimed at uniting both conservative and liberal Hungarians disillusioned by Orbán’s governance and the fragmented, ineffectual political opposition.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-orban-magyar-3a11b8bdee1e7e129214f167d9639b8b