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27 November 2019
In Hungary, the first real major electoral success of the unified opposition signifies change. Is it the start of bottom-up renewal in Hungary and the other Visegrad countries?
With this question in mind, we can look at the strategies of the newest liberal party of Hungary – Momentum – and whether the latest electoral success of the opposition is the dawn of a new politics in Hungary.
Last month’s municipal elections in Hungary brought a grand surprise. Gergely Karácsony’ achievement to become mayor of Budapest shook the political class and power balance within Hungary, at least in part. In most of the cities, the unified opposition took the mayoral post. In Budapest, Karácsony, who is a member of the Dialogue for Hungary (Párbeszéd Magyarországért) party, won with 50 per cent of the votes.
Interestingly, none of the polling agencies predicted that he had a reasonable chance of winning against Fidesz candidate István Tarlós, who held the post since 2010.