Overview
- Peter Magyar, who won a two-thirds majority on Sunday, said Wednesday that President Tamás Sulyok will nominate him and that parliament is likely to convene May 6 or 7 for a transfer of power in the first week of May.
- Magyar told Sulyok he is “unworthy” of the office and urged him to resign, warning he would use TISZA’s supermajority to pass laws removing the president and other Orbán-era officeholders such as the chief prosecutor and constitutional court head.
- In his first appearance on Hungary’s public broadcaster in nearly two years, Magyar said his government will suspend state news programs until independent, objective standards are in place and he plans a new media law and regulator.
- He began informal talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to meet conditions for releasing roughly €10 billion in frozen recovery funds by an end‑August deadline, including joining the EU’s fraud prosecutor (the EPPO) and restoring judicial independence.
- Regional and international reactions were cautious, with Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Czechia’s Andrej Babiš offering measured congratulations and President Trump calling Magyar a “good man,” while analysts say Orbán’s Europe‑wide support network is likely to shrink.