European elections: Fidesz with little room to move

The left-liberal daily Népszabadság writes that the national conservative party Fidesz, the strongest Hungarian party in the European elections, is coming under increasing pressure from the right-wing extremist party Jobbik: "It's no coincidence that after the terrible death of a girl, which was blamed on the Roma without a scrap of evidence, [Viktor Orbán] said that enough was enough (without referring at all to the fact that the Roma had been accused without reason - on the contrary). It's also no coincidence that much of Orbán's time during the European elections went into neutralising Jobbik and proclaiming the need for a unified Right. All in vain. ... Jobbik has already labelled Fidesz its 'adversary'. The right-wing extremist party doesn't just want to put pressure on the Fidesz camp, it wants to hack off a piece for itself. Fidesz' room for manoeuvre has been visibly restricted."

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