FILE PHOTO: Peter Magyar, former government insider and leader of the Respect and Freedom (TISZA) Party, speaks after the announcement of the partial results of the European Parliament and municipal elections, in Budapest, Hungary, June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - An opposition party overtook Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party among decided voters in a poll on Wednesday for the first time since 2010, hours ahead of a key speech by the veteran nationalist, who has strong ties with Russia.
Orban will speak later on Wednesday on the anniversary of Hungary's 1956 anti-Soviet uprising which was brutally crushed by the Red Army. A top aide triggered outrage last month by suggesting that Hungary would have fared better by not resisting the 1956 Soviet invasion, in comments that were also critical of Ukraine's efforts today to push back Russian forces.
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