Hungary's new star

Péter Magyar: The man who is challenging Orban

A new beacon of hope: Peter Magyar(Bild: AP)

The 43-year-old former Orbán employee Peter Magyar is preparing to topple Hungary's long-time "dictator". Others have done so before him. However, the new star in the Hungarian political firmament is taking a more skillful approach than his "predecessors."

He came, he saw - but will he win? There has never been such a rapid rise as that of Peter Magyar in Hungarian political history. Hundreds of thousands responded to his recent calls for demonstrations, and forecasts already predict that he will win 15-20 percent of the vote in the EU and local elections on June 9.