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RFE/RL: Hungary’s ‘unexpected candidate’ could be a political threat to Orban

Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, could face his biggest electoral challenge yet in next spring’s general election. Six of the country’s opposition parties have formed an alliance and rallied around a Catholic, conservative mayor. His name is Peter Marki-Zay and his rural, right-wing roots could attract the kind of voters who have kept Orban in power for more than a decade.