April 12, 2026

Hungary is barreling toward a high-stakes political brawl as Viktor Orbán’s camp and the opposition trade fraud accusations and brace for a possible courtroom fight over Sunday’s knife-edge election. With challenger Péter Magyar and his Tisza party threatening Orbán’s 16-year grip on power, turnout is surging to record post-communist levels — and both sides are already preparing to contest the result, while rival observer camps and EU lawmakers crowd Budapest ahead of the vote count.

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