Overview
- Magyar, who was sworn in Saturday in Budapest, now leads a 141-seat supermajority in the 199-member parliament.
- He vowed a “change of system” focused on rule-of-law repairs, media independence, and a reset with Brussels to free roughly €20 billion in frozen payments.
- Early moves include a proposed National Asset Recovery office as police and tax authorities ramp up probes into alleged Fidesz-era corruption.
- Justice minister–designate Márton Melléthei-Barna withdrew after an outcry over his nomination, a sign the new team is sensitive to conflicts of interest.
- Fidesz collapsed to 52 seats as some senior figures declined to take their mandates, leaving the party’s next steps unclear after 16 years in power.