2026-03-25 18:01
publication
2026-03-25 18:01
Hungarian Minister Janos Lazar, one of the leaders of Fidesz, suggested a post-election coalition of Viktor Orban's party with the far-right Mi Hazank group. The leader of the opposition Tisza, Peter Magyar, warned that such a coalition would lead the country out of the EU.
According to many polls, Mi Hazank (Our Homeland Movement) will be one of three parties that will enter the future Hungarian parliament.
Lazar, the minister of construction and transport, said at a rally in Urhida on Tuesday that “pro-sovereignty politicians must unite.” – I believe that both Mi Hazank and Fidesz politicians are supporters of sovereignty – he said.
In a recording on Wednesday on Facebook, the leader of the opposition Tisza warned that “Such a coalition would mean Hungary leaving the European Union.”
– Fidesz leaders made an obvious coalition offer to Mi Hazank. The stakes in the parliamentary elections on April 12 are huge. It will also be a referendum on whether our country will remain a member of the European Union or whether Fidesz and Mi Hazank will permanently turn Hungary into a puppet state of Russia, Magyar said.
In an interview given to the Partizan website in March, Mi Hazank leader Laszlo Toroczkai admitted that “in the event of an impasse after the elections, his party will negotiate with both Fidesz and Tisha.” The politician also came up with a proposal to create a cabinet of experts, headed by neither Orban nor Magyar. In an interview with Telex on Tuesday, he emphasized that Mi Hazank would not join any coalition after the elections, but “will think about how to impose its will on the parliament in a different way.”
In an interview for the Nepszava daily published on Wednesday, Toroczkai accused both parties of trying to steal voters from his group. “I don't think TISZA is better than Fidesz, but if we were satisfied with Orban's party, we wouldn't have founded our own,” said chairman Mi Hazank. He added that his party could gain up to 10 percent in April. support.
Most polls – both independent and from centers associated with the government – predict that Fidesz, TISZA and Mi Hazank will enter the new Hungarian parliament. Support for the last of these parties amounts to 6-8 percent in polls. In most independent polls, TISZA has an advantage over Fidesz by several or a dozen or so percentage points. Research by centers close to the government indicates that Prime Minister Orban's party has an advantage of several percent.
Jakub Bawołek from Budapest (PAP)
jbw/ kar/
