Hungary's Orban faces tough re-election battle as opposition gains ground

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is heading into the April 12 parliamentary elections with some of the toughest odds of his 16-year tenure. Recent polls show his Fidesz Party trailing by margins of 8 to 20 percent against opposition leader Peter Magyar's Tisza Party, despite an electoral system widely seen as tilted in Orban’s favor. Magyar, a former Fidesz insider, has emerged as a compelling challenger, leveraging public frustration over corruption, declining social services, and Hungary’