Video opposition Magyar arrived in Romania on foot: wants to attract the support of conservative Hungarians

Most of the poll shows that Tisza is in front of Orban’s Fidesz Party, and the next parliamentary elections should be held in early 2026. The date has not yet been determined. Wearing a Hungarian national flag, Magyar crossed the border with a group of his supporters on Saturday morning.

– We do not go to Romania to increase the tension even more or cause any damage to our Hungarian brothers and the sisters who live there. Let’s express our solidarity there – said Magyar, who went on a journey on foot in hiking equipment on May 14th. On the way to the border, Magyar stopped in smaller towns and cities where he spoke with the locals, voters who traditionally support the conservative Orban.

The Orban’s government provides financial support from the ethnic Hungarian communities in Romania, and in 2014 granted the right to vote to the Hungarians living abroad. In the last elections of 2022, 94 percent of these voters were supported by Fidesz.

The last survey of Think Tanka ‘Publicus’, which was published on Friday, showed that Tisza has 43 percent of the support among the voters in Hungary, who are always loyal to the same party, while Fidesz had 36 percent.

Magyar announced his march on May 12 after Orban made it known that he could cooperate with the Romanian extremely right oriented Presidential candidate George Simir ahead of the elections held there on May 18.

The RMDSZ Party, which represents the ethnic Hungarians in Romania, considered that Syrian’s victory would be a threat to minority rights and invited her voters to support Centrista Nicusor Dan, who eventually won the elections.