welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. next spring, the eu s most controversial leader, prime minister viktor orban of hungary, will seek a new mandate. his grip on power in budapest is tight, covering the parliament, the media and the economy. his opponents at home, and in brussels, call him an autocrat, but can he be beaten at the ballot box? well, my guest is peter marki zay, who will lead a united opposition front into that election. now, he s a small town mayor with big ambition, but is being the candidate who is not orban enough? peter marki zay, in south eastern hungary, welcome to hardtalk. well, nice to have you. nice to be on your show. it s great to have you on the show. ijust called you a small town mayor with very big ambitions . do you think that s fair? and if it is fair, how do you persuade hungarians that you have what it takes to be the nation s leader? well, hopefully, my experience as a mayor of a town of a4,000 inhabitants qualifies me, since hodmezova
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. next spring, the eu s most controversial leader, prime minister viktor orban of hungary, will seek a new mandate. his grip on power in budapest is tight, covering the parliament, the media and the economy. his opponents at home and in brussels call him an autocrat, but can he be beaten at the ballot box? well, my guest is peter marki zay, who will lead a united opposition front into that election. now, he s a small town mayor with big ambition, but is being the candidate who is not orban enough? peter marki zay, in south eastern hungary, welcome to hardtalk. well, nice to have you. nice to be on your show. it s great to have you on the show. ijust called you a small town mayor with very big ambitions. do you think that s fair? and if it is fair, how do you persuade hungarians that you have what it takes to be the nation s leader? well, hopefully, my experience as a mayor of a town of a4,000 inhabitants qual
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. next spring, the eu s most controversial leader, prime minister viktor orban of hungary, will seek a new mandate. his grip on power in budapest is tight, covering the parliament, the media and the economy. his opponents at home, and in brussels, call him an autocrat, but can he be beaten at the ballot box? well, my guest is peter marki zay, who will lead a united opposition front into that election. now, he s a small town mayor with big ambition, but is being the candidate who is not orban enough? peter marki zay, in south eastern hungary, welcome to hardtalk. well, nice to have you. nice to be on your show. it s great to have you on the show. ijust called you a small town mayor with very big ambitions . do you think that s fair? and if it is fair, how do you persuade hungarians that you have what it takes to be the nation s leader? well, hopefully, my experience as a mayor of a town of a4,000 inhabitants qualifies me, since hodmezova
with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. next spring, the eu s most controversial leader, prime minister viktor orban of hungary, will seek a new mandate. his grip on power in budapest is tight, covering the parliament, the media and the economy. his opponents at home, and in brussels, call him an autocrat, but can he be beaten at the ballot box? well, my guest is peter marki zay, who will lead a united opposition front into that election. now, he s a small town mayor with big ambition, but is being the candidate who is not orban enough? peter marki zay, in south eastern hungary, welcome to hardtalk. well, nice to have you. nice to be on your show. it s great to have you on the show. ijust called you a small town mayor with very big ambitions . do you think that s fair? and if it is fair, how do you persuade hungarians that you have what it takes to be the nation s leader? well, hopefully, my experience as a mayor of a town of a4,000 inhabitants qualifie
the king says. as all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement. he continues. our royal correspondent jonny dymond is here with me. johnny, jonny dymond is here with me. he is expressing hi: but johnny, he is expressing his thanks but he is also acknowledging that that many others face cancer as well, why do you think that was important to him? the well, why do you think that was important to him? the institution is alwa s this important to him? the institution is always this balance important to him? the institution is always this balance between - important to him? the institution is always this balance between the - always this balance between the public and the personal, between, in this case, the man and a monarch. and no more so than now when the institution has to sort of soldier on, but the man at the heart of it has been diagnosed with cancer and has been diagnosed with cancer and has become, li