- Orbán criticized the candidates of the Hungarian TISZA party for their left-wing orientation.
- Orbán warned against their potential government measures.
- The chairman of TISZA, Péter Magyar, is running only in the 3rd district of Budapest.
The aspirants of the Hungarian opposition extra-parliamentary party TISZA for candidates in 106 single-mandate constituencies in the 2026 parliamentary elections are the same leftists who were deployed in the elections four years ago, he said Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on Facebook on Tuesday in response to the publication of the list of opposition aspirants. The correspondent of TASR in Budapest informs about it.
“They are too left-wing, too Brussels-oriented and too risky,” emphasized Orbán and he repeatedly warned of austerity, tax increases, unemployment and chaoswhich, according to him, threatens the eventual rule of the TISZA party.
Three candidates are running in all districts, only in the 3rd Budapest district the chairman of the TISZA party, Péter Magyar, is the only candidate. “Our candidates come from a background outside the political quagmire. They are honest Hungarians of flesh and blood, united by patriotism and the desire to act,” the chairman of the TISZA party characterized the aspirants.
The first round of primary elections on November 23 and 24 will be internal within the party. The final candidate from the remaining pairs in the second round of primary elections will be chosen by the voters of the given constituencies between November 25 and 27.
