Budapest Fidesz group rejects cooperation with Tisza
The Budapest group of ruling Fidesz "will not cooperate with those supporting Ferenc Gyurcsany's candidate", Alexandra Szentkiralyi, the leader of the party's Budapest chapter, said on Facebook late on Wednesday.
Szentkiralyi added that Peter Magyar, chairman of the opposition Respect and Freedom (Tisza) party, had proposed negotiations earlier in the day.
Leftist Democratic Coalition leader Gyurcsany and Gergely Karacsony, Budapest’s incumbent mayor, “drove the nation’s capital into bankruptcy and don’t deserve another chance”, Szentkiralyi said.
Szentkiralyi was Fidesz’s candidate for Budapest mayor but withdrew from the race before the recent municipal elections in favour of David Vitezy, who was then defeated by Karacsony.
