Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, but PM Viktor Orbán has been in a defiant mood.
BBC Radio 5 Live's Matt Chorley talks to voters in England, Scotland and Wales to get the real story on May's elections.
The birds could be reintroduced as early as next year following a £1m injection from the government.
In recent years Scotland has struck out on a different path to the rest of the UK when it comes to income tax and social security.
The public inquiry was set up following a knife attack which led to the deaths of three young girls.