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Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee Marta Pardavi speaks in Budapest, Hungary on 09 April, 2026 about the challenges facing Sunday’s general election. Incumbent PM Viktor Orban is facing an opposition that could well end his 16 year rule, a time in which he has turned the country into an “illiberal democracy” and drifted further from the EU and towards Russia. THERE ARE 1 SECOND BLACK CLIPS BETWEEN QUOTES 1. “Hungarian elections fall very short from what should be the standard in a European Union member state.” 2. “We expect that whatever was wrong in 2022 and earlier will be even worse this year around and there will be new problems emerging. So the question is whether Hungarian voters will be persuaded that the election actually represents a true outcome, whether the results will be deemed credible.” 3. “We've been monitoring how the rule of law framework, how the legal system, the political institutions in Hungary are doing their job, whether they are fulfilling the desire, the constitutional desire to hold elections in a manner that is free and fair. But at the same time, we see a lot of pressure points.” 4. “Viktor Orban's party, has access and can tap into the resources of not only the political party, but also those of the government and even those of the state. We have seen how these resources mean that the main challenger, the TISZA party led by Peter Magyar, is really outnumbered in terms of its access to money, funds, spaces, platforms.” 5. “the asymmetries in actually being able to access voters is one of the biggest issues, and this has been long-standing.” 6. “But this has become really very evident, very obvious, and much more high in volume this time around.” 7. “Another priority issue, something that was less documented, less prevalent in 2022, is how the social media landscape and artificial intelligence, deepfakes or other kinds of disinformation tools and methodologies are influencing the voters choice” 8. “AI
Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee Marta Pardavi speaks in Budapest, Hungary on 09 April, 2026 about the challenges facing Sunday’s general election. Incumbent PM Viktor Orban is facing an opposition that could well end his 16 year rule, a time in which he has turned the country into an “illiberal democracy” and drifted further from the EU and towards Russia. THERE ARE 1 SECOND BLACK CLIPS BETWEEN QUOTES 1. “Hungarian elections fall very short from what should be the standard in a European Union member state.” 2. “We expect that whatever was wrong in 2022 and earlier will be even worse this year around and there will be new problems emerging. So the question is whether Hungarian voters will be persuaded that the election actually represents a true outcome, whether the results will be deemed credible.” 3. “We've been monitoring how the rule of law framework, how the legal system, the political institutions in Hungary are doing their job, whether they are fulfilling the desire, the constitutional desire to hold elections in a manner that is free and fair. But at the same time, we see a lot of pressure points.” 4. “Viktor Orban's party, has access and can tap into the resources of not only the political party, but also those of the government and even those of the state. We have seen how these resources mean that the main challenger, the TISZA party led by Peter Magyar, is really outnumbered in terms of its access to money, funds, spaces, platforms.” 5. “the asymmetries in actually being able to access voters is one of the biggest issues, and this has been long-standing.” 6. “But this has become really very evident, very obvious, and much more high in volume this time around.” 7. “Another priority issue, something that was less documented, less prevalent in 2022, is how the social media landscape and artificial intelligence, deepfakes or other kinds of disinformation tools and methodologies are influencing the voters choice” 8. “AI
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