(ANSA) - BUDAPEST, APRIL 03 - Polls are open from 6 am in Hungary, which today votes for the first political elections that for the nationalist premier Viktor Orban, triumphant for 12 years in the last three, are presented as uncertain.
His Fidesz party, accused among other things of being pro-Putinian in an electoral campaign made even more heated by the war in neighboring Ukraine, this time has to contend with an opposition that for the first time presents itself united, with an alliance, rather heterogeneous within it. , among six parties, united by the will to bring Hungary back into the channel of Europeanism, Atlanticism and liberal democracy.
The opposition nominates Peter Marki-Zay, who, while admitting that it is an uphill battle, after 12 years of "brainwashing" and given the high number of uncertain voters, yesterday, in a crowded rally under the frost and the snow , predicted that the opposition alliance faces the "gates of victory".
The polling stations close at 7 pm and the first projections of the results are expected between 11 pm and midnight.
A rather high turnout is expected, around 70%.
(HANDLE).