Election 2018 – Opposition leader: Socialists, Párbeszéd should form parliamentary group

Outgoing head of the opposition Socialist Party, Gyula Molnár, said in an interview on Wednesday that his party and Párbeszéd, its electoral ally, should work together as a parliamentary group in the future.

Confirming that he would not bid for the leadership at the party’s June 16 congress, Molnár also told commercial broadcaster Inforadio that the sole liberal to win a seat, Anett Bosz, would join the Socialist benches, and it was possible she may become a deputy group leader.

He said Gergely Karácsony, the alliance’s prime ministerial candidate, planned to take up his seat for 30 days before relinquishing it due to his mayoral role in a Budapest district which would conflict with his work as a lawmaker. Márta V. Naszály comes after Karácsony on Párbeszéd’s national list but the matter of who replaces him would be an internal matter for the smaller party.