Primaries Site Suffers Another Overload Attack on Last Day, Several Gov’t-critical Portals Unavailable over Weekend Mérce, 444.hu, 24.hu, and the opposition primaries' online system were all unavailable or faced disruptions for some time over the... 2021.10.18.
Conservative Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary Péter Márki-Zay of the Everyone's Hungary Movement (Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom, MMM) won the opposition's primary election with 371,560 votes (56.71... 2021.10.18.
Hungarian Opposition Primaries Conclude with 662,000 Voting in Second Round The final round of the opposition primaries was concluded Saturday evening. The winner, DK's Klára Dobrev or Péter Márki Zay... 2021.10.17.
PMO State Secretary: DK Will Be “Calling the Shots” in Joint Opposition The outcome of the opposition's prime ministerial primary is irrelevant because the balance of power among Hungary's political parties is... 2021.10.16.
“Climate Elections:” Green Debate During Primaries After a long debate on Wednesday evening, Klára Dobrev and Péter Márki-Zay, the two remaining candidates for prime minister in... 2021.10.15.
Press Roundup: Opposition Frontrunners Clash in Third Televised Debate A liberal commentator thinks that despite the tense and personal exchange between Dobrev and Márki-Zay, there is no vast ideological... 2021.10.15.
Márki-Zay: Fidesz Media Joined Opposition Primary Campaign on Klára Dobrev’s Side "[Minister of the PM’s Cabinet Office] Antal Rogán has decided to join the election campaign of Klára Dobrev," Péter Márki-Zay,... 2021.10.15.
MSZP Finally Decides to Back PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Primaries The Socialist Party (MSZP) has finally decided who they will support as the joint opposition's prime ministerial candidate in the... 2021.10.14.
Opposition PM Candidates in Third Debate Promise to Help Winner’s Campaign after Primaries The second round of the primary elections is underway, and yesterday the two remaining candidates for prime minister had their... 2021.10.14.
Rivalry between Opposition PM Candidates Márki-Zay and Dobrev Getting More Intense The battle for electing Viktor Orbán's challenger has been narrowed down to two contenders. As the second, decisive round of... 2021.10.12.
Press Roundup: Ruminations on Opposition’s Vision A pro-government columnist thinks that the opposition candidates have so far failed to outline their political vision. An alt-left commentator... 2021.10.12.
Momentum President Resigns after Losing Vote of Confidence After András Fekete-Győr, then-president of the centrist liberal Momentum party finished last in the first round of the primaries, he... 2021.10.11.
Another Alleged Cyberattack on First Day of Primaries’ Second Round The second round of the primaries started yesterday, October 10th. The beginning of the first round did not go smoothly... 2021.10.11.
Second Round of Primaries Underway with 78k Voting on First Day The second round of the primary elections started on October 10th and on the first day, already 78,000 people cast... 2021.10.11.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Primary Runoff By the time the news broke on Friday that Klára Dobrev will face a single challenger, namely Péter Márki-Zay, in the second round of... 2021.10.11.
Press Roundup: Karácsony Withdraws from the Primary Race A pro-government daily reads Gergely Karácsony’s decision to withdraw from the opposition primary as proof that he is a failed... 2021.10.09.
Karácsony Withdraws from Primaries Minutes Before Deadline Contrary to his previous statements, Gergely Karácsony announced today that he is withdrawing from the primaries in favor of Péter... 2021.10.08.
Neither Opposition PM Candidate Will Step Aside Candidates for prime minister, Gergely Karácsony and Péter Márki-Zay, finally concluded their negotiations regarding the second round of the primaries,... 2021.10.07.
Opposition PM Candidates Karácsony and Márki-Zay Still Undecided Who Should Step Aside Amid Contradictory Survey Results As we are getting closer to the second round of the primary elections, the tension between candidates does not seem... 2021.10.06.
Momentum President Initiates Vote of No Confidence Against Himself after Primaries Failure Centrist-liberal opposition party Momentum's president András Fekete-Győr has initiated a vote of no confidence against himself, after finishing last in... 2021.10.06.
Jobbik Deputy Mayor of Ózd Apologizes for Suspected Nazi Salute Photos Péter Barnabás Farkas, deputy mayor of Ózd who was Jobbik's candidate at the opposition primaries but failed in the first... 2021.10.05.
