Article 74VN0 Orbán and Magyar trade accusations in last days of Hungary election campaign

Orbán and Magyar trade accusations in last days of Hungary election campaign

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Jon Henley and Jakub Krupa in Hatvan
from World news | The Guardian on (#74VN0)

Polls suggest lead for opposition candidate before vote on Sunday as both allege enlistment of foreign interference

Viktor Orban and his centre-right rival, Peter Magyar, have traded accusations of enlisting foreign interference in a high-stakes election that polls suggest could mark the end of the nationalist Hungarian prime minister's 16 years in power.

As the two leaders' campaigns entered their final stages before this weekend's vote, which is being watched as keenly in Brussels, Moscow and Washington as in Budapest, Orban said on social media on Friday that his opponent would stop at nothing to seize power".

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