Hungary's Orban mounts weakest performance in EU elections in 20 years, opening path to his challeng

(10 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Budapest, Hungary - 10 June 2024
1. Various of people in downtown Budapest
2. Various of Andras Biro-Nagy, analyst and director of the Budapest-based think tank, Policy Solutions
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Andras Biro-Nagy, analyst and director of the Budapest-based think tank, Policy Solutions:
"The clear result of the European elections in Hungary is that the political newcomer Peter Magyar, with his new political TISZA party, scored an outstanding result, which is 30% of the votes, and Fidesz at the same time scored the lowest ever result at the European elections in Hungary. But it's only a bad result by Fidesz standards.”
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Budapest, Hungary - 9 June 2024
4. Pan of Peter Magyar, head of the opposition TISZA party casting his vote and shaking hands with members of polling station’s election committee
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andras Biro-Nagy, analyst and director of the Budapest-based think tank, Policy Solutions:
"What can we expect is a completely new phase in Hungarian politics from now on. And it turned out to be true that the Peter Magyar phenomenon is more dangerous for the established opposition than for the Fidesz party. It's true that the Peter Magyar phenomenon reached a campaign in which Fidesz had to be in the reactive mode, and they couldn't do their own campaign, and they couldn't set the agenda for three months during the campaign.”
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Budapest, Hungary - 9 June 2024
6. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaving polling booth
7. Voters arriving at polling station
8. Orban and his wife, Aniko Levai, cast their votes
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Budapest, Hungary - 10 June 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Andras Biro-Nagy, analyst and director of the Budapest-based think tank, Policy Solutions:
"The war or peace agenda, this narrative about the Russia-Ukraine war, was clearly what contributed to the two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament for Fidesz. But simply two years have passed and the same messages, which are still the best messages that Fidesz can offer to the Hungarian voters, it seems that it's a little bit more tired now.”
10. Orban arriving on stage
11. Cutaway logo reading (Hungarian) "Only Peace! Only Fidesz!”
12. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
"As the head of the government, I can commit that the government, with this mandate, will fight with doubled force to keep Hungary out of the war.”
13. Wide of Orban on stage with supporters applauding
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Andras Biro-Nagy, analyst and director of the Budapest-based think tank, Policy Solutions:
"Many people in Hungary are craving for something new, (they) are craving for change, and they are willing to support basically anybody who shows potentially some strength against the Orban regime. And it also shows that the opinions about the established opposition are so bad that, even a newcomer who still has a lot to prove in Hungarian politics and many details are still not clear about the policy platform, for example of Peter Magyar - they are willing to get behind him because he is the one who offers some hope that the regime can be beaten in the parliamentary elections.”
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Budapest, Hungary - 9 June 2024
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15. Magyar greeting his supporters
16. Magyar signing a Hungarian flag
17. Pan of supporters cheering Magyar
18. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Peter Magyar, head of the TISZA party and a challenger of Orban:
19. Various of cheering supporters
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