Dobrev to lead ex-husband, former PM Gyurcsány’s DK party, eyes 2026 election

Leftists “are also needed” to unseat the government, MEP of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) Klára Dobrev said at a party event held to select constituency heads and prospective MPs on Thursday.

She vowed that DK would run in the 2026 general election with an full independent list of 106 individual candidates. Leftists, liberals, greens and conservatives “who want a change of government” would be needed to campaign vigorously, she added. Dobrev said the “Orbán regime has now crept into our everyday lives … in schools and on the street, and gradually into people’s souls too”.

The right wing was now openly intimidating anyone who did not “envisage a right-wing, Christian world”, she said. The bill on the transparency of public life would give the government “powers reminiscent of the darkest times”, Dobrev said, adding that such powers would allow the authorities to start proceedings against anyone “who is not Christian enough, not right-wing enough, or lives in a non-traditional family”.