#HUNGARY: Leftist, Right-Leaning Parties To Unite Against Ruling Fidesz Party For Municipal Elections

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Several very different opposition parties will work together, fielding single candidates in three important municipal elections in October.

The disparate parties, which include the Hungarian Socialist Party, the liberal Democratic Coalition Party, the Left-leaning Politics Can Be Different Party, the Momentum Party, and the Right-leaning Jobbik Party, have struggled to come together in the past, but opposition to the ruling Fidesz Party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Pictured: Adam Mirkoczki of the Jobbik Party, who will run for mayor as part of an opposition unity ticket.

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#HUNGARY: Far-Right Jobbik Party Wins By-Election, Defeating Governing Party's Candidate

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Putting aside its usual anti-Semitic and anti-Roma rhetoric, the far-right Jobbik party, focusing on an anti-corruption platform, defeated  the governing Fidesz Party's candidate in a by-election. In the western Hungary's Tapolca riding, long dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, Jobbik edged out its candidate by one percent.

Pictured: Lajos Rig (right) and Jobbik party leader Gábor Vona (left)

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