[FR] Euroquestions #35 | Parliamentary elections in Hungary: a crucial vote for Europe
At the heart of the European debate on migration and sovereignty issues, Hungary is preparing to renew its legislative assembly on 3 April. In power since 2010 with his party, Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union, after a landslide victory in 2018, Viktor Orban will face a coalition of six parties grouped under the name ‘United for Hungary’ in this election.
In a contest that is more open than the previous three legislative elections, Viktor Orbán and his opponent Péter Marki-Zay, who was selected in a primary, are facing off in a tense campaign, against a backdrop of restrictions on individual freedoms and corruption scandals involving Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law in the awarding of public contracts. In this context, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe published a report on 4 February recommending that numerous observers be sent to the country to ensure the legality of the election.
Lukas Macek, Associate Researcher for Central and Eastern Europe at the Jacques Delors Institute, will discuss the issues at stake in this election and how it could change Hungary’s relations with the European Union.
