Hungary election: Who's running? What are the key issues? Will Viktor Orban be waving goodbye?
Hungary's longtime prime minister Viktor Orban will face his toughest challenge yet when the country heads to the polls on Sunday (3 April).
Orban -- who has served in the post since 2010, as well as from 1998 to 2002 -- is seeking his fifth term in office and fourth in a row.
He will go up against Peter Marki-Zay, who heads up an opposition coalition that has united in its desire to oust him.
But the election is not the only matter on voters' minds. They will also be asked their views on a controversial LGBT rights referendum.
Orban has long been at odds with the European Commission. His critics say he has moved the country away from key EU values, including radically overhauling Hungary's legal system, undermining rule of law and initiating anti-migration policies.
One of his latest battles with Brussels has been over moves to withhold EU funds from countries that don't adhere to the bloc's core principles.
The Hungarian opposition coalition says Hungary belongs in the EU and they pledge to improve cooperation with the West.
When Brussels criticised a new law in Hungary that prohibits the "display or promotion" of homosexuality or gender reassignment in television programmes, films, and sexual education programmess in schools, Orban accused European leaders of acting like "colonialists".
In an unprecedented move, six opposition parties teamed up to try and oust Orban by choosing one candidate to represent them all: Péter Márki-Zay.
He will go head-to-head with Orban to be Hungary's next prime minister.
Beyond the opposition coalition, two smaller parties might get into parliament by beating the 5% vote share threshold.
Mi Hazánk Mozgalom is a right-wing party that took politicians from Jobbik, which used to be on that side of
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