Election 2018

07/04/2018

’Then you get 600, clean’ – the Roma leader organized the election fraud?

The leader of the #Roma self-government #ORÖ wanted to get pro forma invoices of never happened #campaign events to support #Fidesz’s local #MP candidate with the gained #money on the #Sunday #election. #Hungary #Hungarian #HungaryElection2018 #Ibrany #Hungary #Hungarian #Election2018 #crime #fraud #publicmoney #corruption
07/04/2018

Election 2018 – LMP candidate Szél pledges decent wages, support for families

Szél said she would work to make #Hungary "a country where #young people return rather than escape from" #Hungarian #HungaryElection2018
07/04/2018

Election 2018 – Socialist-Párbeszéd candidate Karácsony: Election ‘brings back spirit of 1989’

He argued that #Hungary back then, too, was "in search of a new #future after having torn down an #autocracy" #HungaryElection2018 #EuropeanParliament #Hungarian #Revolutionof1989
06/04/2018

Election 2018 – Origo: Soros-funded activist group trying to ‘hack’ campaign with ads

Origo says that the group named Avaaz "is putting out a huge amount of paid internet ads for Soros's opposition candidates" #hungary #hungarian #HungaryElection2018 #GeorgeSoros #Facebook
06/04/2018

Election 2018 – DK, LMP make tactical withdrawals

The opposition #DemocraticCoalition and #LMP parties have decided to withdraw individual constituency candidates in favour of the other party #hungary #hungarian #hungaryelection2018
06/04/2018

Election 2018 – Fidesz group leader: Fidesz-KDNP will not form coalition with any opposition party

"If voters decide that we should not continue in #government then [...] uncertainty, chaos and instability would follow" #Hungary #Hungarian #HungaryElection2018 #vote
06/04/2018

Election 2018 – Gyurcsány: If left wins, coalition talks must start on April 9

Former PM #Gyurcsány: That #government would be supported by the #opposition parties from the outside #Hungary #Hungarian #HungaryElection2018
06/04/2018

Election 2018 – Fidesz likely to retain parliament majority with 112-123 seats

Jobbik is seen coming in second #hungary #hungarian #HungaryElection2018 #fidesz #parliament
05/04/2018

Gábor Vona: Migration issue tops Jobbik’s action plan

Vona: Contrary to the government’s propaganda, the real question is not if we become a country of immigrants, but if we become a country of #emigrants #hungary #Hungarian #HungaryElection2018 #migration
05/04/2018

Election 2018 – Orbán: Hungary needs united govt to face challenges

Orbán accused the global media, the #EuropeanUnion and "influential business interest groups" of attempting to help a weak coalition #government come to power after the April 8 general election #hungary #hungarian #HungaryElection2018
05/04/2018

Election 2018 – Czeglédy withdraws candidacy in favour of Socialist-Párbeszéd candidate

Earlier on Wednesday, the Szeged district #court decided to extend Czeglédy’s pre-trial #detention by three months. #hungary #hungarian #HungaryElection2018
04/04/2018

Election 2018 – Opposition parties withdraw candidates to support each other

Last efforts before the election #Hungary #HungaryElection2018 #opposition #campaign
04/04/2018

Election 2018 – Jobbik leader pledges anti-graft measures

"Lawmakers and government members would have to undergo an assessment of their wealth at the start and the end of the four-year governing cycle" #Hungary #HungaryElection2018 #Jobbik #campaign #corruption
04/04/2018

Election 2018 – Civic Hungary remains ruling Fidesz’s main objective

"A civic #Hungary stands for preserving the national self-consciousness the country has fought hard for over the recent past" #HungaryElection2018 #Fidesz #campaign
03/04/2018

Election 2018 – Jobbik pledges pension system changes

#Jobbik would allow men to retire after 40 years of work, as is the case for women at present #Hungary #HungaryElection2018 #pension
03/04/2018

Election 2018: PM candidate Karácsony promises fair competition, wages on jobs market

Karácsony vowed to adopt a long-term social and economic policy agreement that guarantees both workers and employers to take a step forward #Hungary #HungaryElection2018 #opposition #campaign
03/04/2018

Poll – Viktor Orbán leads before PM candidates

Half of voters seem to support Viktor Orbán's reelection #Hungary #HungaryElection2018 #poll #survey #PrimeMinister
03/04/2018

Election 2018 – LMP: Orbán cabinet belittles importance of environmental issues

"Behind the favourable macroeconomic indicators seen in recent years are serious structural problems" - #LMP #HungaryElection2018 #hungary #hungarian #fidesz #enviroment
01/04/2018

LMP urges national solidarity instead of incitement to hatred

Governing #Fidesz's "#propaganda of hatred" had "reached a historical low" - #LMP #HungaryElection2018 #hungary #hungarian
01/04/2018

Election 2018 – Leftist PM candidate Karácsony: Orbán cabinet lies, intimidates

"#Orbán was a former #Soros scholar, and I cannot imagine anyone who is more of a Soros agent than he" - PM candidate Karácsony #hungary #hungarian #hungaryelection2018