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.
“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.
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.
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.
DK: House Speaker ‘Threatening Dobrev with Imprisonment’ According to the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), Speaker of Parliament László Kövér has threatened Klára Dobrev, DK's MEP and prime... 2021.10.07.
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.
Karácsony and Márki-Zay’s Plan to Challenge DK’s Dobrev Together at Opposition PM Primary Fails Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and Hódmezővásárhely mayor Péter Márki-Zay said that they would run together in the second round of... 2021.10.05.
Tensions Grow amid Speculation and Bargains ahead of Opposition Primary’s 2nd Round While there still isn't a final agreement between centrist prime ministerial candidate Gergely Karácsony and conservative Péter Márki-Zay, the two... 2021.10.04.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Discord Within the Opposition Over Proposals to Scrap the 2011 Constitution Commentators across the political spectrum wonder whether, if they win the election next April, the opposition could or would revoke... 2021.10.04.
Press Roundup: Dobrev Wins First Round of Opposition Primary A left-liberal author ponders Klára Dobrev’s chances of winning the second round of the opposition primaries, and then of a... 2021.10.02.
Second Round of the Primaries Might See Political Maneuvering Klára Dobrev, Gergely Karácsony, and Péter Márki-Zay have made it to the second round of the primary elections. Now that... 2021.10.01.
Press Roundup: First Round of Opposition Primary Concludes A pro-government commentator claims that the opposition primary is a stunt orchestrated by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A liberal columnist commenting on... 2021.10.01.
DK’s Dobrev Wins First Round of Opposition Primary Election Democratic Coalition's (DK) Klára Dobrev has garnered most of the votes at the opposition primaries' first round, followed by Párbeszéd's... 2021.10.01.
