Some good news for you from #Hungary #Magyarország

"According to the latest Median poll, Tisza now commands 51 percent of support among decided voters, while Fidesz has fallen to 36 percent—a 15-point gap that would have seemed unthinkable just a year ago"

#Tisza is the party of #PeterMagyar, government insider turned opposition leader

#Fidesz is the party of Viktor #Orbán

April 2026 is the #vote. Plenty of time for dirty tricks. But plenty of room for hope

https://kyivinsider.com/the-quiet-revolution-taking-place-in-hungary-is-very-bad-news-for-viktor-orban/

Hungary's opposition #Tisza party has a small lead over the ruling #Fidesz party,
according to an opinion poll published on Thursday,
the second survey this week to show Tisza overtaking Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party.

Centre-right Tisza's leader,
Peter Magyar, a former government insider,
swept into Hungarian politics before June's European Parliament elections
when he mounted a serious challenge to Orban,
capitalising on discontent with other opposition parties.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungarys-opposition-tisza-party-ahead-pm-orbans-fidesz-second-poll-2024-10-24/

This is pretty crazy and I'm not sure if #Orban can even do anything, legal ot illegal, at this point.

In just six months, #Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar’s #TISZA party has surged to a 14-point lead over Orbán’s #Fidesz, per the reliable 21 Research Center pollster—putting TISZA on the brink of a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Next election is in April 2026.

Listening to the wind of change in #Budapest

#PeterMagyar rises in the polls and discontent with #Kremlin bootlicker #Orban grows

Orban will pull dirty tricks

But the world is closing in

"Thousands of Hungarians protest against #Pride ban law

Waving Hungarian and rainbow flags... more than 10,000 people gathered in central Budapest"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-hungarians-protest-against-pride-193659314.html

Take me to the magic of the moment:

April 2026

Orbán tries to ban Pride in Hungary as polls show rival Magyar surging.

Fidesz says it’s trying to prohibit Pride to keep children safe from the LGBTQ+ agenda, but opponents say the prime minister’s party is trying to create a wedge issue.

The majority of Hungarian voters wouldn’t support a ban on Pride. According to a poll, only 36% of voters support banning the march, while 56% would keep it open.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250318-orban-tries-to-ban-pride-in-hungary-as-polls-show-rival-magyar-surging?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

V FT:
Hungary’s opposition overtakes Viktor Orbán’s party for first time in decades

https://www.ft.com/content/2a1c4173-0436-4d13-b5c2-1b483baedec9
Acc to new polls the #TISZA party of former Orbán ally Peter #Magyar is leading. This is a massive deal, in case you are a #Hungary watcher

Hungarian opposition party #Tisza is more popular than Viktor #Orbán's #Fidesz party, which has dominated for the last 18 years, as evidenced by the poll conducted by Publicus Institute think tank.

Tisza has 24% of the total population's support, whereas Fidesz has 23%. In the category of individuals who had cast their vote, the #Magyar party is supported by 39% to Fidesz’s 37%.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/10/24/7481180/

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Hungary’s public media corporation on Saturday
to demonstrate against what they say is an entrenched propaganda network operated by the nationalist government at taxpayer expense.

The protest was organized by Hungary’s most prominent opposition figure, #Péter #Magyar, and his upstart #TISZA party,
which has emerged in recent months as the most serious political challenge for Prime Minister #Viktor #Orbán since he took power nearly 15 years ago.

Magyar, whose party received nearly 30% of the vote in European Union elections this summer
and is polling within a few points of the governing Fidesz party,
has been outspoken about what he sees as the damage Orbán’s “propaganda factory” has done to Hungary’s democracy.

“What is happening here in Hungary in 2024, and calling itself ‘public service’ media, is a global scandal,”
Magyar told the crowd in Budapest on Saturday.
“Enough of the nastiness, enough of the lies, enough of the propaganda. Our patience has run out. The time for confrontation has come.”
https://apnews.com/article/hungarians-protest-media-propaganda-ef0f419ea38ea8d2beb4f0dd56d82d57

Meanwhile a near political earthquake as #Hungary 's #EP elex results are coming in - a serious blow to Viktor #Orban and his ruling party:
#Fidesz-KDNP dropped from 52 to 44 %

A new party, #Tisza , launched by Peter #Magyar , a former Orban ally/loyalist, just a few months ago got 30%

#Budapest mayoral elex on knife edge - current difference is 300 votes, one of the candidates demands a recount