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The 2022 parliamentary election brought a larger victory to the Fidesz-KDNP alliance than ever before, receiving more than 3 million votes on their list (including votes from abroad) – a feat no political force had achieved since the regime change. In the months leading up to the election, the united opposition, according to some surveys, had levels of support similar to the government alliance. In light of this, their dismal results on the 3rd of April following a campaign full of mistakes were astonishing. After the government’s landslide victory, more and more information began to leak regarding the financial background of the opposition’s campaign, first from joint prime ministerial candidate Péter Márki-Zay, and by the end of the year, partly from intelligence reports, it became clear how much support had come to the “Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom” (Everyone’s Hungary Movement) and how much the government-critical propaganda sites had received, the cooperation of which we have also uncovered. Our conclusion was that a significant part of the funding for the opposition campaign had come from abroad, which was also unprecedented in the history of Hungary’s elections.

MOHOS MÁRTON / 24.HU árki-Zay Péter az ellenzéki eredményváró rendezvényén a Városligeti Műjégpályán 2022. április 3-án.

However, by that time, the NER (System of National Cooperation, colloquially used as an umbrella term for Fidesz-aligned political and economic elites) had come up with something that also hadn’t existed before, and apparently, no state body or authority has any issues with.