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Péter Magyar
Prime Minister, Hungary

LIVE: Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Holds Final Rally Ahead of April 12 Election | AC1G

📅 Apr 11, 2026 DRM News 191 MIN 7824 VIEWS 122 SEGMENTS · 7 SPEAKERS
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar holds his final campaign rally in Budapest ahead of the April 12 parliamentary election. DRM News provides uninterrupted live coverage of the event, key messages, and the atmosphere among supporters. Watch now for real-time developments as Hungary approaches a highly contested vote. Subscribe for continuing international political news. Péter Magyar rally, Hungarian opposition rally, Péter Magyar final rally, Hungary parliamentary election, Magyar campaign 2026, Budapest opposition rally, Hungary election rally, opposition leader Hungary, live politica...
Event Host 9:02 ↗
One, two. Can you hear me properly? Super. I'm very glad that whoever checks this is also satisfied with the sound. Thank you. That's all for now.
Singer 10:33 ↗
Again summer on my heart, all flowers along the two banks. I wove the most beautiful mouth into my hair. Look — love is already here. In my dream I wished for it that way. I alone always shivered. I burn for you in a beautiful fire. I saw every tear a hundred times over, locked away a hundred times.
Again summer on my heart. There is a wonderland — sunshine, kisses, songs, all my love. In my dream I wished for it that way. May my road always lead in pairs. I wove my chain of fate myself — I must love you.
I would hug you a hundred times, locked away a hundred times. I would kiss you a hundred times, I would hug you a hundred times, locked away a hundred times. I would love you a hundred times.
Unknown 21:00 ↗
Hello.
Singer 29:47 ↗
[Fragmentary lyrics] Everything... flowers... pulling me... my heart... one another... everything is like the waves... everything... all together... now, at last, a new stone.
Event Host 36:56 ↗
Good evening, Debrecen. Hello. Jesus Christ — I thought nothing could be rougher than György's, but this one is even harder.
Fantastic. What a flood of people. That will be dealt with in turn. But first I'd like to ask everyone to put your phone lights up into the sky so we can see how many of us there are. Good — everyone, everyone, everyone has a phone.
You're super. And I want to see so many lights that I can't count them, even right at the back. Hey, there — super. Now I'd like to ask everyone to wave your lights a little.
You're brilliant. Thank you very much. First of all, we apologize for the slight delay. We had very many stops, and we've been through very many stops. But we made it here. Péter is also on his way — that's the good news.
Sending the picture to Viktor. Yes, we're sending the picture to Viktor.
However, since we're running a little behind, and this is our last stop on the country tour, they say 'Save the Best for Last' — but every one of our stops was brilliant. So today we'll put the cherry on top of the cake. So, since we have a bit of extra time, I'd like us to warm up our throats a little. What do you say? Super.
Do you know our chant — 'The Tisza is flooding'? The Tisza is flooding. Very good. Wait. Okay — you're very enthusiastic, that's super. Hold on. But I'd like to do a little experiment with you. We've tried it in very many places already, but I think here it will be the wildest. Okay, at the end of the experiment I'll tell you what it was about. So starting from three I'll count down to zero, and I'd like to ask you to shout it out together — no, not even together, just shout 'The Tisza is flooding.' But first let's try it with the right side of the stage. Okay, ready? Three, two, one — three.
Brilliant. Brilliant. The enthusiasm is there in the first two rows. Super. Now let's see the same thing on the other side. Three, two, one — three, back. Very good. And now let's see the middle — three, two, one, three, middle. Super — now that was the best. The middle rows said it.
Now, the point of the experiment was that it wasn't that strong — although you were very strong — because you were split up. But since we are the Tisza Party, and we don't divide, we bring everyone together, so we're going to try now how that same 'The Tisza is flooding' sounds when we all say it together. Okay, now I'll count down from three. Get ready to bring out your wildest voices. If you have small children, please cover their ears — but I'm asking you to make sure that Péter hears it too, who is sitting in the car a few kilometers away and heading this way, so that he knows for sure where to come. Okay. Three, two, one.
Fantastic. Fantastic — I think that was the wildest yet. Now...
Audience Member 40:49 ↗
The Tisza is flooding! The Tisza is flooding! The Tisza is flooding! The Tisza is flooding! The Tisza is flooding!
Event Host 41:03 ↗
Super. Very good. Our throats are getting properly warm now. However, there are people without whom we certainly could not stand here, we would not be this many, and tomorrow we could not make history together. They are our volunteers. So I'd like to ask for a huge ovation for our volunteers, because they deserve it.
Super. Besides, we have three people here in this constituency without whom we could not win this constituency, and tomorrow we could not change the system. They — [laughter] — a big round of applause for my colleague Zoltán Reket, please. Super. So I know their surnames, but I'd like to ask you to help me out with their first names. Okay. Our first candidate — Tompa... Csák... Látom... Tárkány... Super. And I'd like to ask for a huge round of applause for them as well, pre-emptively.
Wonderful. Since we've come through such a beautiful sound check, I'd also like to give you a couple of pieces of information. You'll find an ambulance for you on the right — to my left, but on your right, and also at the back. If anyone feels unwell, signal immediately. We'll call the paramedics right away so they can help. Okay — we need everyone in one piece. Also, you'll find restrooms on both the left and the right, and there's food too: I smell fried fat, bread and onions coming from over there, so by all means try it. One more very important piece of information: we're starting soon. Are you ready? Good. Are you ready to make history tomorrow? Super.
Now, besides that, to confirm it, we have something tonight — a torchlight march. I think you've already seen it; we've made a lot of drone footage of it. It will really work best, and look most beautiful, if we light them all at once. Okay, I'd like to ask everyone not to light your torch until I signal from beside the stage, waving a lit torch wildly. Okay? Please make sure to warn the people standing next to you. Very, very important. And the other very important thing — with which I'll close my monologue — is that when Péter arrives he will come through the crowd. I don't know when he'll get here; it might take him fifteen to twenty minutes, because there are so many of you. So be patient. But when he arrives, everyone lift your lights into the sky, flags into the sky, signs into the sky, hands into the sky, and greet him with a huge ovation here at this last venue. Okay? Debrecen, you're fantastic. Tomorrow we make history. May the Tisza flood!
Hello again — long time no see. I forgot one thing: I want to take a group photo of you, so I'd like to see every sign and every flag in the sky. Hands too. Ready? You're super. Thank you very much. A few more minutes and we start.
Singer 53:08 ↗
Sometimes you have to put a full stop in your words, if you'd rather retreat — instead just move forward. Better to move, because nothing was ever built out of desires, and all you need is courage. A little magic... Let's sail together now, with daring hearts. One day we'll find out that it's hard — let's live so that the dawn we imagined will one day become a real morning.
No matter if they curse me, call me a fool — whatever. I'd rather die tomorrow than regret anything, if I was honest, and I won't have to be ashamed of who I became. There will still be clouds, there will still be hard times, but you don't have to be afraid — I'm always standing here. In a slumbering dusk, with blue wings, in sorrow and happiness, in hope and desire — so come, sit beside me in silence on the porch, listen to the wind calling your name. On the chain, only the shine is enough; this is already no longer needed. That's how the dawn becomes a real morning.
No matter if they curse me, call me a fool — whatever. I'd rather die tomorrow than regret anything, if I was honest, and I won't have to be ashamed of who I became. No matter if they curse me, call me a fool — whatever. I'd rather die tomorrow than regret anything, if I was honest, and I won't have to be ashamed of who I became.
Everything will be turned upside down tomorrow; no one can lecture us anymore. No more holy sermons. This is another generation. We said it nicely and harshly — our soul is a waking volcano. Whatever is old will be torn out of everyone, and the new generation is coming.
For years they raised you telling you what is allowed and why — why not drift apart. But let's drop this bad talk.
Event Host 57:09 ↗
Hello, Debrecen! What's up? It's not that Péter came, but that I came up — however, I have an important piece of information. There are a lot of you at the roundabout, and we still theoretically have room here in the square. There are smaller and larger areas that should be filled with a flood of people. There is a flood of people — I can see that — or there isn't. You're not here. Okay, so please move yourselves a little further in from the roundabout so that we don't block the traffic so much. Last day, kids. Tomorrow the new world is here.
Singer 57:57 ↗
I look at you and I can't believe this is all you're worth — that you grind away like a machine and run after the money. Are our dreams still alive, that the earth is tired of us? We're breaking it apart. What has already killed you — because we are the hurricane. A thousand years old, we stir everything up. Get ready, here we come. Everything will be turned upside down tomorrow...
Everything will be turned upside down tomorrow; no one can lecture us anymore. No more holy sermons. This is another generation. We said it nicely and harshly — our soul is a waking volcano. What is old will be torn out of everyone, and the new generation is coming. Everything will be turned upside down tomorrow; no one can lecture us anymore. No more holy sermons. This is another generation...
Audience Member 1:01:02 ↗
Hungary! ... This...
Singer 1:04:54 ↗
[Music] In 1956 it was a glowing dawn — Hungary, hope and hell. The crowd gathered and the anger grew. A lying world shattered into splinters, and the earth beneath the sky stirred. Unfurl again that torn banner — fire and blood. The ancestors' desire still burns within us. Calling, inviting — the wave of hope... For you we lived, for you we would bravely die.
Europe stayed silent. Now it's too late — thousands of blood has flowed. The earth trembles with you... Freedom... comes on tank tracks. On tank tracks comes the wild wind.
Our shattered dream is slowly coming back to life. They left this people to freeze in blood. The spirit of change — you can feel it again now. Hold on. And if there is no help, I'm not afraid even now.
Unfurl again that torn banner — fire and blood. The ancestors' desire burns within us. Calling, inviting — the wave of hope brings... For you we lived, for you we would bravely die.

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Magyar, P. (2026, April 11). LIVE: Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Holds Final Rally Ahead of April 12 Election | AC1G [Interview transcript]. DRM News. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2956794/

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Péter Magyar. "LIVE: Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Holds Final Rally Ahead of April 12 Election | AC1G." DRM News, 11 Apr. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2956794/.

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  author       = {Péter Magyar},
  title        = {LIVE: Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Holds Final Rally Ahead of April 12 Election | AC1G},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, DRM News. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {apr},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2956794/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}