Orbán and Magyar trade accusations in last days of Hungary election campaign
Polls suggest lead for opposition candidate before vote on Sunday as both allege enlistment of foreign interference Europe live – latest updates Hungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win? Viktor Orbán and his centre-right rival, Péter Magyar, have traded accusations of enlisting foreign interference in a high-stakes election that polls suggest could mark the end of the nationalist Hungarian prime minister’s 16 years in power. As the two leaders’ campaigns entered their final stages before this weekend’s vote, which is being watched as keenly in Brussels, Moscow and Washington as in Budapest, Orbán said on social media on Friday that his opponent would “stop at nothing to seize power”. Continue reading...