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On the 12th of April, Hungary heads to the polls, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

Victor Orban, Europe's longest-serving Prime Minister, has a serious rival, but also a considerable head start.

Orban became nationally known as one of the emblematic voices of post-communist change.

So the Orban we know today is not a break with his past, so much as the result of a long

political repositioning towards power, identity and control.

Victor Orban has powerful allies, from the Kremlin to the White House.

But his biggest challenge is coming from within,

a once loyal party insider who has turned against him.

Peter Modyar has taken on a system built to keep the incumbent in power,

yet he's managed to generate unexpected momentum.

He has become the most credible vessel for accumulated frustration.

What he is really setting is not the detailed ideological project,

so much as a promise of repair.

This election is shaping up to be one of Europe's most consequential in years,

with the potential to redefine Hungary's role in the region.

In this episode, we explore the unequal playing field of the country's election machinery.

We cut through the exuberance of the campaign

and distill the core messages driving each camp.

Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

I'm Krassi Ivanova Twig, and this is the Global Jigsaw from BBC Monitoring,

where we look at the world through the lens of its media,

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