Election 2022 - Opposition collects 170,000 signatures for referendum on Fudan, jobseeker's allowance

The referendum drive of the united opposition aimed at preventing a campus of Fudan University being built in Budapest and calling for an extended period of jobseekers' allowance has garnered 170,000 signatures, the opposition parties said at a joint press conference on Friday. Peter Marki-Zay, the prime ministerial candidate of the Socialist, Democratic Coalition (DK), Parbeszed, LMP, Jobbik and Momentum parties, said the referendum would show whether Hungarians wanted a "Chinese communist migrant university" in Budapest's 9th district or the municipality's original plans to build a student city providing affordable accommodation.