Orban’s Challenger Chases Heartland Voters to Cement Widening Poll Lead

In a remote village on the border with Slovakia, locals gather close around the stage to hear Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar’s first stump speech of the day.

Further away stand the curious or hostile. They are there to size up the man who polls show has Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the political ropes six weeks before an election that has huge implications for Europe.