EP list of Fidesz official, includes an Olympic bronze medallist

The board of the ruling Fidesz party has approved the parliamentary group’s proposal on the party’s list for the European parliamentary elections, in agreement with the junior ruling Christian Democrats (KDNP), Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch said on Thursday.

The party assembly is expected to adopt the list on 15 April, Deutsch, who also heads the list, said.

New candidates include Balázs Győrffy, the head of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK), and Paralympian medalist fencer Pál Szekeres, Deutsch said in the statement.

The representation of Hungarian farmers is especially important at a time when “farmers across Western Europe are revolting against the poisonous green ideology of Brussels,” he said.

Fidesz-KDNP is running on a “national” list, Deutsch said, fielding two new candidates from Hungarian communities across the borders, Annamária Vicsek from Vojvodina and Viktória Ferenc from Transcarpathia. Andrea Bocskor and Andor Deli, who have been members of the Fidesz group in the outgoing cycle, are running for re-election, “to continue to work in the interests of Hungarians across the borders”, he added.