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Conservative Péter Márki-Zay's win in the opposition primaries has shaken up politics in Hungary (Photo: Facebook - Peter Marki-Zay)

Small-town mayor elected to face Orbán

A conservative-liberal mayor from a small provincial town will lead the united opposition in Hungary against nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán at next April's general election.

Péter Márki-Zay, 49, won the run-off of the first ever primary elections in Hungary - organised by six opposition parties in order to have one united opposition figure run against Orbán and his Fidesz candidates.

In a surprise victory, Márki-Zay defeated MEP Klára Dobrev, vice-president of the Europe...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Conservative Péter Márki-Zay's win in the opposition primaries has shaken up politics in Hungary (Photo: Facebook - Peter Marki-Zay)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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