Kocsis: Magyar’s handlers in Brussels eager for early election

Máté Kocsis, the group leader of ruling Fidesz, rejected Tisza leader Péter Magyar’s call for early elections, adding: “It isn’t Péter Magyar who is impatient to hold early elections but his handlers in Brussels.”

Responding to Magyar’s speech on New Year’s Eve, Kocsis said that Tisza “can’t seriously want early elections, seeing as they can’t even run at the by-elections in Dombóvár next week”.

“It is Manfred Weber et al who want to put their hands on Hungary; they are very much bothered by the sovereigntist Hungarian government and by its obstruction of their idiotic and dangerous plans. We are in their way… They’re impatient; they are the ones who want to topple the government as soon as possible…”, Kocsis said.

Kocsis said Hungarian voters in past elections had decided on Hungary’s direction and would do so again in 2026.