Attila Mesterhazy, chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party and leftist challenger of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Budapest March 5, 2014. / REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Socialist party Chairman Attila Mesterhazy resigned on Thursday after the party suffered crushing defeats in national and European Parliament elections, news agency MTI reported.
MTI cited a statement by Mesterhazy as saying he would also relinquish his position as parliamentary leader of the party.
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