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PM Orbán campaigns for local elections in Budapest

The prime minister helped to collect supporting signatures for Alexandra Szentkirályi, the ruling parties’ candidate for mayor of Budapest.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continued his campaign trail for the upcoming local elections in Budapest on Wednesday, helping to collect supporting signatures for Alexandra Szentkirályi, the ruling parties’ candidate for mayor of Budapest, in downtown Batthyány Square. “Alexandra is making good progress; I was just looking at the numbers,” PM Orbán, who is the leader of ruling Fidesz, said while talking to voters. He said that what had been Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony’s “advantage” up until now, “namely that he hasn’t done anything”, had now become a “disadvantage”. PM Orbán said Szentkirályi wanted to act in the interest of the city, “which has created a sharp contrast”.