Orban Rival Heralds Tax Plan as Hungary Election Heats Up (1)

Hungary’s main opposition party, Tisza, put tax reform at the center of its challenge to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s long rule as it introduced its new economic policy head at a campaign rally.

Andras Karman, a former finance official who once served in Orban’s cabinet, told supporters in the western town of Kotcse that Tisza would cut taxes for minimum-wage earners and offer rebates to those making less than the median income.

He said the plan would be financed through a 1% wealth tax on the ultra rich, some of whom have ties to Orban’s government. The party ...