Hungary election campaigns enter final stretch as Orbán fights to remain in power – Europe live

5m ago09.22 BSTMagyar voters are hopeful for change, but despite optimism he is seen as far from perfect candidateFlora Garamvolgyiin BudapestWe talked to a few Budapest residents this morning in the city centre at Jászai Mari Square.View image in fullscreenBudapest resident rush to work near Jászai Mari Square in central Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Jakub Krupa/The GuardianMost of them were rushing to work, but still stopped to chat with us about the upcoming vote on Sunday, which seems to creep into every single conversation here lately – as they say, even at family dinners.Some of them were not that keen on sharing the exact party they are going to vote for but every single one of them had strong opinions about the two main candidates: Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán, who has been in power for 16 years and Péter Magyar, a young(ish) centre-right figure who emerged from Fidesz circles and turned against the party a year ago.Talking to people, we got the sense that despite Magyar leading the polls, he is not necessarily seen as the “perfect candidate,” but rather a protest vote against Orbán.People who are planning to vote for him are hopeful about the vote on Sunday and predict a clear win for Magyar, who has the highest chance so far to put an end to Orban’s reign.But we also met a surprisingly high number of Fidesz supporters in the capital who resonated with the ruling party’s message: Sunday is about choosing “between war and peace”. One Fidesz voter called the opposition candidate a “narcissist”; others said they are satisfied with how Orbán supports ethnic Hungarians in the neighbouring countries.ShareUpdated at 09.27 BST