“Slava Ukraini!” – Ex-PM Candidate Receives Badge from Ukraine's Ambassador to Budapest

During Hungary's 2022 election campaign, Peter Mari-Zay, as the prime ministerial candidate for the opposition alliance, spoke of wanting to send Hungarian soldiers to Ukraine. Now, however, as mayor of Hodmezovasarhely, he received the Ukrainian ambassador to Budapest in his office. In a long post, Marki-Zay insists that he stands firmly with the Ukrainians, though he himself would not go to the front.

As PM-Candidate, He Supported Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

It is worth recalling that during the 2022 election campaign, when the war broke out, Peter Marki-Zay stated on several occasions that he would even send Hungarian soldiers to the Russia–Ukraine frontlines if NATO decided to intervened in the conflict. His latest post revealed that although he is proud of the badge he received from Ambassador Fegyir, the mayor is still not preparing to go to the front himself.