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    Hungary, national holiday, the opposition’s last major event before the election


    Hungary, national holiday, the opposition’s last major event before the election

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    1. Colin_Robinson_Jr on

      Hungary will hold its elections on April 12. The Tisza Party, the country’s largest opposition party, held its last major event today, drawing the biggest crowd so far. Its leader, Péter Magyar, will continue his nationwide tour afterwards as well, already the fourth or fifth such tour, which has been going on for weeks, with increasingly large crowds appearing everywhere. There is a strong sense of political change in the country. The Tisza Party has presented numerous experts and potential ministerial candidates, and according to all independent polls it currently holds a lead of around 5–10 percent.

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    2. dead97531 on

      And this doesn’t even show the full crowd.

      This might’ve been the biggest demonstration ever in Hungarian history.

      It was called National March for Regime Change.

      Edit: official live video: https://www.youtube.com/live/-0NhO7_-DD4?is=F5CI3IGF5m12eNsW

      Edit 2: What makes this even more amazing is that Tisza doesn’t receive any funding from the government, NGOs, the EU or any other institution. Their only sources of income are monthly subscriptions and merchandise. This is how they organized the biggest demonstration ever and this is how they are leading by 16 percentage points in trustworthy polls.

    4. IWillDevourYourToes on

      Imagine if the election votes were counted and Fidesz would win by 51%. That would be interesting

    6. Kiwibom on

      May the opposition win so Hungarians can trow out the Putin and Trump puppet from the government.

    8. PuzzleheadedHat346 on

      Orban has 28 days before leaving and nearly 150 days before going to jail.

    15. berejser on

      The election is still four weeks away, how come there are no more “major events” after this?

    19. griffindale1 on

      It would mean a lot to me – and probably many fellow Austrians – to have a reliable neighbor again.

    21. Explorer_1990_ on

      I was there, just recently came back from this march. We were incomparably more then in 2022 was the opposition. It was such a pleasure while we marched songs were broadcasted like *”Chariots of Fire”* by Vangelis which perfectly described the whole atmoshpere.

    28. Revolutionary-End-19 on

      Just as a point of interest: The government ordered a no-fly zone over Budapest’s Old Town, specifically to prevent the Tisza Party’s event from being photographed from above like last year. This regulation applied to both drones and airplanes alike. This morning, however, the wind direction shifted, making the Budapest airport accessible only via the city center. Since people had no intention of complying with this decree anyway, Fidesz ultimately abandoned this desperate attempt. Many aerial photos were taken; I hope they will be released soon.

    29. baegarcon on

      I’m sad for Poland that we lost chance to kick out prorussian fascists from Parliament for good, but also happy that Hungary could kick their dictator…

    32. Glittering_Berry1740 on

      Orbán closed down the airspace above the inner city just to prevent aerial photography showing the difference between the two crowds. Obviously nobody gave a fuck.

    36. Soggy_Weather_2170 on

      Orban is a disgrace and a traitor in our midst. He has to go. It must happen.

    37. Szabolcs85 on

      I was there as one of the volunteers. Kodály körönd was absolutely packed with people and so was Andrássy Avenue all the way up to Heroes’ Square, which was also completely full. And people kept coming all the way from Oktogon. It was absolutely massive. This may have been one of the absolute largest rallies in the history of Budapest, although last year’s Pride may have been slightly larger.