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Hungarian with Bulgarian roots is Viktor Orban's most likely rival

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Pro-European oriented politician Klára Dobrev, whose father is a Bulgarian, has been considered the united Hungarian opposition’s main contender of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in next year's parliamentary elections, partial results from the opposition's primary elections show, Reuters has reported.

Born in Sofia in 1972, Dobrev who has a Hungarian mother and a Bulgarian father is Vice-President at the European Parliament. She says she is going to work for reducing poverty and for Hungary's accession to the Eurozone as soon as possible.




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