European leaders join Hungary’s 1956 revolution commemoration as Magyar resets EU ties
Von der Leyen said Hungary has regained access to EU funding after reforms, while Costa framed the commemoration as a test of European unity.
- On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar hosted foreign dignitaries in Budapest to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, including a ceremonial flag-raising at Parliament honoring the historic anti-Soviet uprising.
- The 1956 uprising began when revolutionaries ousted Hungary's Stalinist leader, but Moscow soon sent the Red Army back to suppress the movement, killing 3,000 civilians and forcing around 200,000 people to flee.
- Visiting dignitaries, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council Antonio Costa, attended the commemorations, signaling a new chapter in relations with Budapest following the ouster of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
- Prime Minister Magyar, who defeated Orbán in April, secured 16.4 billion euros in European Union funds within three weeks of taking office in May, while his Tisza party holds a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
- Magyar stated, "It is even better if the whole world remembers this revolution and the Hungarians," expressing pride in celebrating the 70th anniversary within a free and independent European Hungary after years of democratic erosion.
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