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Who is Péter Magyar, the candidate who ousted Hungary’s Orbán?
His Tisza party won 138 of 199 seats, giving him a supermajority to roll back Orbán-era controls and pursue anti-corruption reforms.
- On Sunday, April 12, 2026, Peter Magyar and his Tisza party defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ending the Fidesz leader's 16-year tenure in power. Thousands gathered in Budapest to hear the election results.
- Formerly a Fidesz insider and ex-husband of former Justice Minister Judit Varga, Magyar became a public critic following the 2024 pardon scandal involving President Katalin Novak. He subsequently transformed Tisza into Hungary's largest opposition force.
- Focusing his campaign on domestic issues like corruption and the economy, Magyar vowed to modernize Hungary and unlock around $21 billion in frozen European Union funds. He emphasized ending the country's economic malaise.
- A Tisza-led government intends to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office and enforce zero tolerance for corruption, with asset checks spanning 20 years. Magyar also pledged to limit the prime minister's term to eight years constitutionally.
- New governance plans signal that Hungary will seek to improve relations with Brussels while adopting a more restrained, pragmatic approach toward Moscow. This transition marks a significant departure from Orban's previous foreign policy orientation.
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After Hungary’s opposition ousted Viktor Orban after 16 years in power, hopes rise in Brussels that Budapest may abandon its obstructionist course. What is the EU expecting from Peter Magyar?
·Bonn, Germany
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Peter Magyar won with an overwhelming two-thirds majority. He gave his speech in front of thousands of young people on the banks of the Danube. He called by name the President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok, a man of trust in Orbán, asking him to give him the mandate as soon as possible and then to resign. He announced a new anti-corruption agency, the reform of the judiciary, a trip to Warsaw and then to Brussels to unlock the twenty billion of f…
·Rome, Italy
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