Mayor of Tiszavasvari Erik Fulop speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tiszavasvari, east of Budapest...
Mayor of Tiszavasvari Erik Fulop speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tiszavasvari, east of Budapest, September 26, 2014. Fulop, a politician of the far-right Jobbik party, has been mayor since 2010 in the town of 13,000, which is by far the largest Jobbik-controlled municipality. Hungary's far-right Jobbik party is on track to take over dozens of city halls in a municipal election on October 12, 2014, handing it new powers that, critics say, it will use to persecute ethnic minorities. But the experience in Tiszavasvari is that even the most hardline agenda ends up running aground in the swamp of budget shortfalls, petty squabbles and failed schemes that make up local politics in Hungary. Picture taken September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)