Hungary's anxious rural voters will decide Orban's fateThe countryside has long been a bastion of support for premier Viktor Orban's partyPUSZTAVACS (HUNGARY) - In the village of Pusztavacs in central Hungary, election posters on electricity poles remind voters of a looming poll, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's future is on the line. I'll keep racking my brain about it," Eva Batta told AFP near the grocery store at the edge of Pusztavacs. The 71-year-old, who can no longer work to supplement her pension after surgery, said she feels the economy has worsened during Orban's latest term. - 'Orban provides' -Orban has repeatedly made overtures to rural communities, claiming that for his government "the village is not the past, but the future". "Construction has been booming," he told AFP before withdrawing cash, crediting various family support programmes introduced for the upswing.

Source: Bangkok Post March 29, 2026 22:05 UTC