In his speech at the Hungexpo exhibition center, Magyar said that “in 56 days, it will be decided whether we are capable of setting a new course for our country and building a prosperous, peaceful, and humane Hungary.”

He said the number of days remaining until the election was symbolic, as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution.

“In order to celebrate the brightest star in Hungarian history in a truly independent, sovereign, free, and humane Hungary, we will need everyone on April 12,” he said.

At the beginning and end of his speech, Magyar said Tisza was “on the verge of victory”.

“We have everything we need to win: a majority, credible candidates, a platform and experts; Tisza is ready to govern,” he said.

Commenting on the government, he said “all they have left for the next 56 days is incitement, threats, discrediting and lies”.

“Over the next eight weeks, a power-hungry, mafia-like state, terrified of losing its grip on power, will unleash the most disgusting things on Hungarian society, and the secret service and propaganda machine, built at a cost of hundreds of billions, will unscrupulously seek to discredit anyone who stands in their way,” he added.

“If they can pry into my private life, then they can do the same to everyone else’s private life,” he said.

“Our offer is a country where politics does not mean surveillance, fear, and blackmail, but peace, tranquility, and security for everyone,” he said. Magyar once again called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to engage in public debate, saying, “Let’s have a debate about the things that really matter: healthcare, wages, housing, education, the Hungarian economy, and bringing EU funds home.”

He also said that his party “represents peace at home and around the world, and Tisza and its community reject war and all forms of violence”.

Magyar said that Tisza would maintain the southern border fence, take strict action against illegal migration, reject the migration pact and Ukraine’s accelerated accession to the EU, and did not want to reinstate compulsory military service.

Youth’s Future Should Be Built on Freedom, Not Fear, Magyar Says

The future of Hungarian youth should be built on knowledge and freedom, not fear, he said. Fidesz’s economic model “has gone from assembly plants to toxic death factories in 16 years”, he said. He added that a Tisza government would offer Hungary a functioning vision for the national economy, with European Union funds being brought home, SMEs receiving support, innovative start-ups, and high value-added, rule-abiding foreign investments that largely employ Hungarians and pay taxes.

“Under the Tisza government, the health of workers, the safety of locals, and the protection of our environment will come first,” he said.

Magyar said child protection was currently “a shame for our country”, with thousands of children living in conditions “unfit for children”.

It was a moral principle for Tisza, he said, that the budget for child protection would be open-ended, ensuring funds for wage increases, institutional renovations, expansion of professional staff, and the return of dedicated professionals who have left. The goal, he said, was to create smaller residential homes, faster adoption procedures, and a strengthened reporting system.

Magyar said the state of healthcare was characterized by “crumbling hospitals, hospital infections, tens of thousands of people without care, waiting lists lasting several years, 10,000 hospital beds eliminated and 225 hospital wards closed”.

“All this in the middle of Europe, 22 years after our accession to the EU,” he added. He said their first step would be to bring EU funds home, restore funding to the sector, and provide at least an additional HUF 500 billion per year to the state health-care system.

Reiterating his earlier promise, he said that in order to “eradicate corruption”, they would immediately join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and establish the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office.

He vowed that Tisza would create 20,000 new places in elderly care, raise the minimum pension to 120,000 forints per month, introduce a 200,000 forint pensioner Szép voucher card, double family allowances and child support, and restore the financial autonomy of local governments.

At the end of his speech, Magyar asked those present to join hands and “enter the gates of victory on April 12” with their “heads held high, hearts pure, and as proud Hungarians”.

“God bless Hungary!” Magyar said.

In addition to several party candidates, István Kapitány, the party’s economic development and energy chief, also spoke at the event, calling the government’s economic policy “a mistake for betting the country’s future on a single industry for years and gambling an astonishing amount of public money on the battery industry”.

Tisza’s foreign affairs expert Anita Orban said that the Tisza government would not work “for foreign powers, foreign interests, and oligarchs”.