US EditionMagyar to Relocate Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office in Shot at Orbán
The move would return the office to a pre-Orbán norm and mark one of the incoming Tisza government’s first institutional changes.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister-designate Péter Magyar announced the Prime Minister's Office will vacate the Carmelite Monastery in Buda Castle, relocating to a ministry building near the Hungarian Parliament.
- The move aims to draw a line under Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule, as the Carmelite complex became deeply associated with his centralized style of leadership and visual image of power.
- Following a Wednesday meeting with President Tamás Sulyok at Sándor Palace, Magyar noted the building underwent a 21 billion forint renovation when Orbán relocated there in 2018.
- Zoltán Tanács, Tisza's chancellor, called the decision a "wise decision," arguing the Carmelite had become "the symbol of arrogant and haughty power" representing government above the people.
- Though Magyar previously suggested opening the monastery to the public during a "regime change," he has yet to clarify a timeline for the site as preparations continue.
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Under the newly formed Tisza government, the prime minister's office will not be in the Carmelite monastery, but in a ministry building close to the Parliament.
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Magyar moves PM office from Carmelite in symbolic shift
Hungary’s prime minister-designate Péter Magyar has announced that, under a future Tisza government, the Prime Minister’s Office will no longer remain in the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest’s Castle District. Instead, he said, the office would be relocated to a ministry building near the Hungarian Parliament.Continue reading
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