GETTY Viktor Orban's 'war' with Brussels could be the fight that ends the Union

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On Sunday, Orban’s country will go to the polls to vote on whether or not citizens are willing to accept taking on migrant quotas set in Brussels. The question is “do you want the European Union to be able to order the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without Parliament’s consent?” - and political experts say the answer will be an overwhelming no. But in Budapest politicians fear the referendum is about more than migrants. Politicians in the capital city are viewing the vote as the first blow in a David and Goliath sized battle between a country of 10m people - and the leaders of the most powerful nations on the continent. Orban, leader of the ruling Fidesz Party, does not want the EU to be able to order him around - and his people support him.

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What we can see in Europe, there is a rising discontent in how things are being dealt with in Brussels about Brussels bureaucracy and the political elite in Europe Márton Gyöngyösi

Márton Gyöngyösi, MP of Hungary’s hard right Jobbik Party claims Orban is no easy match for the bloc. He said: “As far as political careers go he has been everything, he can see himself fulfilling on domestic ground, he has achieved what there is to achieve. “He is bored of the Hungarian political playground. That is as far as his personal ambition goes, and we are talking about an ambitious politician. “He still has a good couple of decades in politics. He has cast his eye on Brussels and Europe, I think he is quite right to do so. “What we can see in Europe, there is a rising discontent in how things are being dealt with in Brussels about Brussels bureaucracy and the political elite in Europe.” Since the beginning of the mass migration crisis in Europe hundreds of thousands of migrants have come to western Europe, through Hungary, to seek asylum in Germany, the UK and France, as well as Austria and other bloc nations. Now, the EU is looking to divide up the migrants and send them to new homes using a quota system.

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But Hungary is viewing this as an abuse of power by the Union. With just 1.5 percent of the Hungarian population being made up of migrants, the country is far from multi-cultural. And the latest polls predict up to 80 per cent of the nation will side with their leader. Charities and NGOs in the country who have been fiercely critical of Mr Orban are also convinced the asylum seeker quotas are not the only reason for the referendum.

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Ma’rta Pardavi from NGO the Hungarian Helsinki Committee is among thousands fighting for the referendum to be sabotaged by voters spoiling their papers. Miss Pardavi has accused Orban of playing a dangerous game in Europe. She said: "This will be giving further ammunition for the Government's battle that it is waging against Brussels." Orban has been in Hungarian politics for 26 years and formed Government three times - when he was not in Government he was leading the opposition. But he is losing support on health care policy, education reforms and his country is tainted with deep corruption accusations. Mr Orban has been accused of “taking advantage” of the situation to win support for his party - while others say he will use it to win support for the next elections in 2018. Mr Gyöngyösi, also vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, said: “Orban is a political animal in the Aristotelian sense he has an incredible nose for feeling, timing and subjects which should be picked up in politics. “He has taken a position which we can call risky but I think we have calculated the risk perfectly as well. “He can say to Brussels ‘go to the streets in Berlin, Paris, London, Amsterdam and ask people what they think and you will find out they are with me on this, not with the Brussels political union’. “If you look at the changing political scene in Europe there are by-election and election everywhere across the whole spectrum from north to south people are saying no to Brussels and demanding a change of course in European politics.” Orban’s official spokesman admitted to express.co.uk the referendum is not just about the migrant quotas.

Express Ma’rta Pardavi from NGO the Hungarian Helsinki Committee said Orban is 'waging war' with Brussels

Zoltán Kovács said: “In many respects this is about the future of Europe and the kind of Europe we imagine in the future. “The referendum is going to send a message and with it behind us we can have the political and legal debate. “What we have seen last year is that decisions in Germany, Austria and Brussels have had an impact on us. “We were not able to keep law and order 400,000 people came through the country without consent, papers, it was a serious security breach. “While Hungary was trying to keep to the rules we were criticised for that.