Sunday, May 10, 2026

I will serve -- not rule over Hungary, says new PM

Hungary's new prime minister, Pter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.

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... Tisza holds 141 seats out of 199 in the new parliament -- up from zero, a result of the party being founded just two years ago.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a "celebration of freedom and democracy" outside parliament in Budapest, along the shores of the Danube. Magyar has told Hungarians to step through the "gateway of regime change".

Orbán's Fidesz party crumbled from 135 to 52 seats, and shows signs of imploding.

He and other key party figures have decided not to take their seats in parliament, and their political future is uncertain, beyond a vague commitment to "rebuild the national side".

Each day brings new revelations or allegations of corruption against a party which has governed Hungary almost unchallenged since 2010. Magyar has promised a "change of system" as well as a change of government. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-10 01:52 PM

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