site.btaMRF-New Beginning's Peevski Wishes Hungarian PM Orban Success in April 12 Elections

Delyan Peevski, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and Floor Leader of MRF – New Beginning, wished electoral success to Viktor Orban and Fidesz in the April 12 elections in Hungary. Peevski expressed confidence that together they will defend Europe and their countries in their shared cause—the fight against networks led by Soros and oligarchs, which he described as dangerous and harmful to democracy and freedom, according to a statement from the MRF press centre.

The statement added that MRF-New Beginning MPs Stanislav Anastassov and Atidzhe Veli, had participated in the CPAC Hungary conference in Budapest. The delegation held bilateral meetings with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto; the head of Prime Minister Orban’s Office Gergely Gulyas; US Congressmen Andy Harris and Russ Fulcher; Zsolt Nemeth, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament and head of the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates Group in PACE; Kinga Gal, First Vice-Chair of the Patriots for Europe Group in the European Parliament and leader of the Fidesz delegation, and Ondrej Knotek, MEP from ANO in the Czech Republic and a member of the leadership of the Patriots for Europe Group in the European Parliament.

On March 11, a poll cited by Reuters indicated that the main Hungarian opposition party Tisza's lead over long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz shrank slightly. The poll, conducted by 21 Research ⁠Centre between March 2 and 6, showed Tisza leads by 14 percentage points ahead of Fidesz among ​decided voters, down from a 16-point lead in the agency's last poll in January.