The six-party opposition alliance is now within striking distance of Orban’s Fidesz party in the polls
. According to the latest poll by Zavecz Research, Fidesz leads with 39% support against 36% for the opposition, while one-fifth of voters have yet to decide who to back in the race.
“A Hungarian Putin or Europe?” opposition billboards say, showing a photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin together with Orban. “The left has signed a pact with the Ukrainians. If they win, weapons shipments will start , they will close the gas taps and ruin the economy,” Orban posted on his Facebook page on Friday.
His tactical gambit has helped cement his support among core Fidesz voters. But it has led to criticism from some allies including Poland, whose ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said he was not pleased with Orban’s cautious stance on Russia. “I really liked him when he stood in front of more than 100,000 people and told the Russians to go home ,” he said, recalling a well-known Orban speech from the time.
The opposition alliance, which includes parties the leftist Democratic Coalition, the liberal Momentum and far-right-turned-moderate Jobbik, has tapped popular discontent, criticizing what they said was systemic corruption that has enriched oligarchs close to Fidesz.
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