POLITICS

Orbán, Magyar stage dueling rallies in Budapest

Hundreds of thousands packed Budapest as rival rallies by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar tested momentum before an April election with no set date. Orbán’s Danube “peace march,” on the Oct. 23 holiday, amplified his hostility toward Ukraine and the EU; a banner read “We don’t want to die for Ukraine,” and he said Ukraine isn’t sovereign and should stay out of the EU and “our military or economic alliance,” backing only a strategic partnership. Magyar’s crowd chanted “Russians go home,” spotlighted inflation, health care and corruption, and he urged unity. Polls show Orbán trailing Tisza.

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