Hungarian election winner Magyar vows to rebuild EU relationship after stunning defeat of Viktor Orbán – Europe live

Magyar pledges to lead constructive EU policy and seek compromises on tricky issues

After some 20 minutes, Magyar is turning towards foreign policy now.

He says the Hungarians are proud to be a part of the EU and Nato, even as he acknowledges some of the EU’s flaws with its networks of lobbies and interests.

“It’s a complicated bureaucratic, compromise-seeking … organisation,” he says.

But he insists “you can find compromises” that will work for Hungary.

“I am sure we will have debates … but we are not going there to fight for the sake of fighting so we can write on billboards that Brussels is evil and needs to be stopped,” he says in another swipe at Orbán.

Again: expect him to get asked about what these compromises on key issues – such as the rule of law, migration and Ukraine – could look like when we eventually get to Q&A.

… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!

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Hungarian election winner and presumed next prime minister Péter Magyar has outlined his policy platform at a three-hour long press conference with Hungarian and international media (18:24).

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He pledged to restore constructive relations with the European Union, even despite some potential conflicting views on key issues such as Ukraine, Russia and migration policy.

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He said he wanted the government to be in place by early May as he insisted the voters gave him a mandate “not just for a change of government, but a change of the regime” after 16 years of Orbán’s rule (14:20).

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Jakub Krupa and Flora Garamvolgyi
at Péter Magyar’s press conference

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THE EUROPEAN UNION

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He wants to bring Hungary back to the main fold of EU politics after years of confrontation under Viktor Orbán (14:20, 14:34). He expects some disagreements with the bloc, but he would always seek a compromise.

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But he remains critical of the EU’s institutions, bureaucracy, and migration policy from conservative positions, and wants it to be a union of sovereign state rather than a federal body (16:11).

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He wants to go to Poland, Austria and Brussels as his first three foreign visits as prime minister.

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He is open to Hungary joining the eurozone and wants to consider setting a date for it (15:48). He would welcome the UK back in the EU (15:56).

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UKRAINE

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He does not support Ukraine’s fast-track accession to the EU and would put it to a referendum. He does not think this would happen in the next decade.

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He supports the December proposal on the EU’s €90bn loan, which features an opt-out for Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia (15:30).

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He wants to protect the rights of Hungarian minorities in Ukraine. He considers Ukraine the victim in the war with Russia.

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RUSSIA

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He wants to have pragmatic relations with Russia (15:47) as Hungary “cannot change geography” and existing ties on energy. He wants to diversify energy supplies to decrease the country’s dependence on any single source.

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He wants Russia to end its war against Ukraine, but does not expect Putin to listen to his advice. If the war ends, however, we wants to lift sanctions on Russia “immediately” (15:17, 15:39).

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But he thinks Russia is a security risk that Europe should be wary of (16:14).

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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He wants to have good relations with the US and is open to engaging with Donald Trump despite the US administration’s involvement in the campaign – but pointedly said he wouldn’t call him first, just like with Putin (15:53).

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He says he does not want to fund further US conservative events in Hungary.

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RULE OF LAW

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He says his government will radically reform state institutions as the electorate voted “not just for change of government, but of regime,” but he pledged to stop short of restoring the rule of law through unlawful measures (16:55).

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He wants several high-profile officials to resign from public offices, including the country’s president Tamás Sulyok, a close Orbán ally (14:49, 14:52).

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He wants to introduce a retrospective two-term limit for prime ministers, which could effectively bar Viktor Orbán from every taking the post ever again (14:56).

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ECONOMY

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He says the country has been “devastated” and “looted” by the previous government and requires a fundamental reform (14:15).

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He wants to unblock €19bn frozen EU funds for Hungary as a priority (13:24).

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He refuses to contribute to the €90bn aid package to Ukraine as he says Hungary cannot afford to take any more loans and needs to resolve the issue of EU funds first (15:30).

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ABORTION

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He says the issue is settled and he does not intend to change the current consensus, which requires pregnant women to have to listen to the fetus’s heartbeat before they can access the procedure. Emergency contraception pills are not available without prescription in contrast with most EU countries (16:59).

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LGBT RIGHTS

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His says that “everyone can live with whoever they love as long as they do not violate laws of harm others.” What that means in practice, remains to be seen. He supports the right to assembly, which appeared to suggest his openness to future LGBT events in Hungary (16:59).

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MIGRATION

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He criticises the EU’s handling of the migration crisis and says EU aid should focus on countries of origin. He wants to pursue a restrictive migration policy domestically (16:11).

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PRESS FREEDOM

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He says he is committed to media transparency and holding regular press conferences, with a 3-hour media briefing today to show for it already on the first day after the election (16:01).

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He wants to suspend the current state TV and radio broadcaster, introducing new safeguards to ensure unbiased coverage (16:42).

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TRANSPARENCY AND CORRUPTION

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He wants to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and step up fight against corruption and cronyism in public institutions. He plans to review public spending and cut funds to institutions captured by the Orbán government (14:15).

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In another sign of how eager Magyar and his Tisza party are to move ahead with dismantling of the Orban regime, he has just pledged to “stop the state-funded propaganda” as he describes the country’s party-captured state media before new safeguards are put in place to ensure unbiased coverage.

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He taunts state media journalists saying they “should update their CVs” and that “they were unable to keep up pace with me” during the campaign.

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He says “one of the first measures will be to stop the news broadcasts of the public television and radio,” and the new administration will seek to establish “a board to ensure the independence of state media,” drawing from the experiences of the BBC “or some other way.”

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Meanwhile, the first report from international observers following yesterday’s vote is now out and they warned the vote was held without a level-playing field for the main parties, with Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz “benefiting from systemic advantages.”

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Their report specifically criticised the “divisive and fear-mongering rhetoric” from Orban’s Fidesz and “unsubstantiated claims of foreign interference” in the build up to the vote.

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“The extensive misuse of public office and resources, government messaging, a clear bias in monitored media and news coverage in favour of the ruling party, and serious shortcomings in the regulation of campaign finance further undermined the equality of opportunities among contestants.”

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It said the election was contested in a “highly polarised” environment with the main focus on Ukraine and the EU, with other issues “receiving less prominence.”

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“It is a testament to the voters that the ruling party’s divisive and inflammatory rhetoric and misuse of office did not stop them voting in record high numbers yesterday,” said Sargis Khandanyan, the OSCE Special Coordinator and leader of the short-term observers.

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You can read the statement in full here.

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As we continue with the Q&A: if you are looking for just a quick summary of where we are, here is my morning summary recorded in Budapest’s Kossuth Lajos tér, which was the heart of last night’s post-election celebrations.

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Pressed further on Russia, Magyar says he considers Moscow to be “a security risk” for Europe.

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“We know the Russians – and I’m not talking about the Russian people, the Russian culture, the Russian people; they are fantastic people – but the Russian bear [and its role] in Hungarian history.”

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He says Hungary “knows exactly what this is all about,” and says Europe – both as a community and the member states separately – “have to prepare for this” and be ready to defend itself.

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Talking about how sees the EU work in the future, he says “we don’t have to have the European United States” as he backs the idea of the union of independent, sovereign states instead.

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He says Europe “mismanaged” the migration crisis and this has shaken people’s sense of safety.

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“Most countries now, rather late, have realised that their initial stance was not good … The problem [of migration] should not have been brought to Europe, but we should have helped primarily in those countries” where they come from, he says.

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He says the EU should “recognise and respect our differences,” and “not force things on one another.”

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“They want functioning, strong nation states and a good and well functioning EU that gives the framework that helps people so that they can travel freely, they can work, they can invest in each other’s countries and to live in peace. This is what Hungarians want.”

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But he also says that Brussels often shows the tendency of “thinking everything is happening there” and moving too eagerly to regulate everything.

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“Everything should be regulated, but less is more occasionally, and if you adhere to it, stick to it, and everyone respects it, we are [actually] further ahead than when we have 125 rules and no one wants to adhere to them.”

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Talking about Hungary’s broader alliances in Europe, Magyar briefly draws on his time as a diplomat in Brussels as he talks about negotiations with other countries.

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Unexpectedly, he says that at the time “the Brits were also part of the EU; let’s hope that they rejoin.”

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Magyar gets asked about his contact with the US, in light of the US administration’s clear support for his rival, Viktor Orbán.

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He says the US is a very important partner that Hungary needs good relations with.

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He says he will not call Trump, but his administration will be available to talk if the White House reaches out.

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He repeats his previous suggestions that the upcoming 70th anniversary of the 1956 Budapest Uprising could be a good opportunity to host global leaders in the city.

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In response to a few economic questions, Magyar suggests it is in Hungary’s interests to join the eurozone, but he would need to have more clarity on fiscal situation first.

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He plans to discuss a target date after a brief consultation period.

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He also says he plans to discuss the release of EU funds when he speaks to the commission president Ursula von der Leyen later today – and he hopes for a quick decision.

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On Russia, Magyar says he wants to have “pragmatic” ties with Moscow as Hungary continues to be “exposed” to Russia on energy imports.

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He says he will review “all contracts” for Russian energy and renegotiate and terminate them “if necessary.”

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On relations with Putin, he says he would tell him to stop the war in Ukraine, but wouldn’t really expect him to listen to that advice.

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But he hopes Putin will be forced to end the war soon and says it’s clear that Ukraine is the victim here as the Russian aggression continues.

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Just as I said earlier: he is not Viktor Orbán, but there is still lots of things in which Magyar will not necessarily do what the EU would like him to do.

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His approach to the €90bn loan appears to be something that the EU will, even if reluctantly, be able to live with. Sure, they would rather have him reverse Budapest’s opposition to funding the loan completely, but that’s politically unrealistic given the public attitudes in Hungary.

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In these circumstances, going back to the deal as agreed in December still sounds like a step closer to getting that money paid out.

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But his somewhat hardline approach to Ukraine’s accession will be much less popular among fellow EU leaders. Again, it’s politically understandable, but goes against the EU’s stated intention of letting Ukraine into the bloc sooner rather than later.

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Magyar’s position is effectively a “no” from Budapest – and in any case he makes it clear he doesn’t even see this as particularly urgent and do not expect this to come up in the next decade.

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One can imagine there will be some strong lobbing on these points in the coming months.

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Speaking of Ukraine, Magyar signals he is happy with the €90bn Ukraine deal as agreed in December last year, which included an opt-out for Hungary (alongside Czech Republic and Slovakia) so they would not have to commit any money.

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He says that Hungary should still have the opt-out because “it is in a very difficult financial situation” as he points to the importance of restarting the flow of EU funds which – quite assertively – he says “belongs to us and that every other member state received but us.”

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“As we haven’t received it, we were unable to use it to improve our economy, so we cannot really take out even more loans,” he says as he criticises Orbán’s economic policy.

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He says the issue should not be reopened, but implemented as agreed in December.

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While not perfect, that’s still something as it would allow the EU to press ahead with the deal as agreed in December and move towards actually disimbursing the money to Ukraine where it’s needed.

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He then turns towards the issue of Ukraine’s EU accession, saying he does not support a “fast track” track for Kyiv.

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“It would be impossible for a country at war to be taken by the EU,” he says.

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He says that “all accession countries have to go through the same process,” and he would want to hold a referendum in Hungary at the end of it.

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He says he does not envisage that being “in the next ten years.”

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Magyar turns to energy for a bit, and he says that Hungary “cannot change geography” and will need to figure out a way forward on energy imports, also from Russia.

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He says:

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Russia will be there, Hungary will be here. But we will try to diversity.

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He adds that “that does not mean that we want to detach ourselves; but we want to buy oil at low prices securely.”

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“But with the Druzhba pipeline, the Friendship oil pipeline and what’s happened there, we can see that it threatens Hungary’s energy supply; what’s happening in Tehran in Iran threatens our energy supply,” so Hungary will need to “diversity.”

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But here comes the tricky bit.

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He then says he is hopeful that the Russian aggression of Ukraine would end soon and “then immediately, Europe will lift the sanctions, because we are neighbours to Russia and it is not in Europe’s interests to buy raw materials at higher prices because that destroys our competitiveness.”

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“I understand the moral issues … or principles, and I will protect human rights as much as possible, … but let’s not shoot ourselves in the leg,” he says.

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Expect these comments to get some scrutiny as there is limited appetite for removing the sanctions or returning to normal energy imports from Russia.

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Magyar is now talking about his future government and top jobs, but says he won’t reveal the key names just yet.

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But he talks about the structure of government more broadly.

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Earlier he said he would like to introduce a two-term limit for the prime minister, and commit to it in the constitution.

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He now says that it would also apply retrospectively, effectively banning Orbán – who served in the top role for 20 years in total – from becoming a prime minister ever again.

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He then talks about his plans to deal with corruption and to end political interference in police and administrative procedures. He wants a new anti-corruption office, tasked with recovery of fraudulently spent money, to be up and running by June.

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Curiously, discussing the president’s future, Magyar makes it clear that despite the two-third majority in the new parliament, he will be careful about how he uses it and wouldn’t move

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“We will not take unlawful measures to restore the rule of law that way,” he declares.

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But he repeats that Sulyok should essentially be gone from office before the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution in October.

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Magyar repeats his call to get president Tamás Sulyok to step down from his office, as he calls him a “puppet” of Viktor Orbán.

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“He was appointed to sign everything; every document that he is presented with – whether it’s the menu or the constitution or the laws – so we don’t need people like that. To me, he is not the president,” he says.

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Oh, that’s explosive.

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At one point during the press conference, Magyar got a piece of paper with a message on it which clearly disrupted his flow.

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He pauses and tells reporters he has learned that the country’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó, who recently attracted scrutiny over his ties with Russia, is reportedly at the ministry of foreign affairs “destroying documents that have to do with sanctions” against Russia.

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“They are shredding documents, and that’s not going to help them – but this is just to give you some context about the situation in Hungary,” he says.

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He compares it to attempts to destroy public record “just like in the old communist age.”

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After some 20 minutes, Magyar is turning towards foreign policy now.

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He says the Hungarians are proud to be a part of the EU and Nato, even as he acknowledges some of the EU’s flaws with its networks of lobbies and interests.

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“It’s a complicated bureaucratic, compromise-seeking … organisation,” he says.

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But he insists “you can find compromises” that will work for Hungary.

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Again: expect him to get asked about what these compromises on key issues – such as the rule of law, migration and Ukraine – could look like when we eventually get to Q&A.

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Magyar also makes a point to talk about how much time he spent on the campaign trail, meeting with ordinary people.

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He says he gets asked about why his campaign was so successful, and says “the secret lies in that politics is about people, and this is what many politicians forgot.”

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n

“I can see that many places in Europe, there are crises in government, one after the other. Mainstream politicians are frightened that extreme forces are gaining more and more ground and the party system is overturned in many European countries.

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I can send a message, as I was asked personally by Western European politicians about the secret: you have to stay with the people. You have to put the work into it, whether you like it or not. I visited 700 towns and villages in two years. There are towns and villages some I visited seven times.

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I was on Hungarian streets and squares more than in my own bed in my own flat. This meant that I met my three sons far less than I would have liked to.

n

We went around Hungary. I was there in the smallest settlements. I met many million people. I looked into the eyes of hundreds of 1000s of people. We shook our hands and we asked, How can we help? How can we prove that politics can be beautiful, it can be frank, it can be honest, it can be fair, and it can be useful.

n

Many people can say this is populism. If it is, it’s a good kind of populism, because this is what politics should be about, not politically correct talk, talk, but honesty, humanity.”

n

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He then goes on to say that Facebook posts and social media frenzies will never replace that person-to-person element of politics.

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Magyar also pushes back on what he calls “lies” of the previous government, saying that the new government will also be committed to peace in Europe, despite scaremongering posters plastered all over Hungary and “Goebbels-like, North Korea-like propaganda” about his intentions towards Ukraine.

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“In Hungary, nobody wants war. Hungary stands for peace. The Tisza government will be the government of peace,” he says.

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I am sure he will get questions on what is specifically means for Hungary’s relations with Ukraine later.

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He then takes a swipe at Orbán for being too focused on foreign affairs – with Russia, Ukraine, the US and Iran – and not on resolving domestic issues facing the electorate.

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“He spoke about everything except issues, problems that affected the Hungarian people and the Hungarian people said no to all this,” he says.

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n

Our history is not written in Brussels or in Washington, but on Hungarian streets, and in Hungarian squares.

n

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Magyar makes a point to stress that the electorate voted “not just for a change of government, but for a change of the regime” to move away from what he says are compromised institutions and structures of the Orbán era.

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He also makes a point that his administration will make inevitably make mistakes, but will own them – and “our country will no longer be a country of no consequences.”

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He also stresses his pro-EU message and notes it was particularly symbolic that the vote was held on the 23th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the EU.

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He says the electorate clearly voted to anchor Hungary firmly in the EU, “no matter what the outgoing … government was planning or trying to lead us to.”

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Magyar urges the Hungarian president to convene the new parliament at the earliest possible day after the election result becomes final on 4 May, even potentially the very next day, on 5 May.

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He says there is no time to waste and the new administration is keen to get going as quickly as possibly.

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“Hungary is in trouble in more than one ways. It’s been robbed, it’s been betrayed, it’s been indebted, it’s been devastated. We became the most impoverished and the most corrupt country in the EU,” he says.

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You can watch Magyar’s press conference along with us below, and I will bring you the key lines here too.

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in Budapest

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We are now waiting for Péter Magyar’s press conference at which he is expected to take some questions from the international media. It should get under way in the next half hour.

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The conference will be hosted at a massive theatre-style venue, reflecting the incredible level of truly global interest in Hungary’s next prime minister – and the life after Viktor Orbán. This is not just any other election in the region.

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Tisza’s staff are taking it very seriously too: as I type, they are… ironing the flags so they look absolutely spotless on stage – and, to be fair, they do look great!

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in Brussels

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The EU will start work with the new Hungarian government “as soon as possible” to make progress on issues including energy and the release of frozen European funds, the head of the European Commission has said.

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Ursula von der Leyen reiterated her warm welcome to the election victory of Péter Magyar, declaring that “today Europe is Hungarian without any question” and that “the people of Hungary have spoken and they have reclaimed their European path”.

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Brussels has a lot to talk about with Magyar’s incoming government: rule of law and anti-corruption reforms that will enable the release of €17bn frozen EU funds; action to tackle Russian influence, the Druzhba pipeline dispute with Ukraine and the €90bn loan for Kyiv, vetoed by the defeated prime minister, Viktor Orbán.

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Asked by a Euronews reporter about these topics, von der Leyen said:

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“We will start working with the government as soon as possible on the topics you mentioned and much more to make a swift and overdue progress to the benefit of the Hungarian people.”

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She also said the EU needed to consider lessons from recent experience, reiterating her support for an end to vetoes over foreign policy decisions.

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“I think moving to qualified-majority voting in foreign policy is an important way to avoid systematic blockages as we’ve seen in the past. And we should use the momentum now really to move forward on that topic.”

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That is probably easier said than done. Even some countries toasting the end of the Orbán era would be reluctant to give up the veto, as they do not want their own government outvoted on sensitive foreign policy issues.

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Ashifa Kassam and I spoke with our colleague Martin Belam for the Guardian’s First Edition about some of our behind the scenes experiences covering the vote on the ground in Budapest.

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“It has been an extraordinary night in Budapest – one which resembled more a World Cup triumph than an election night. People do not normally dance in the streets over politics.”

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As a child growing up in Budapest, Péter Magyar had a poster of Viktor Orbán – at the time a leading figure in the country’s pro-democracy movement – hanging above his bed.

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Orbán was one of several political figures who adorned his bedroom, Magyar told a podcast last year, hinting at his excitement over the changes sweeping the country after the collapse of communism.

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Now Magyar, 45, has been the driving force behind the ousting of Orbán, whose 16 years in power transformed the country into a “petri dish for illiberalism”.

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Few could have predicted the meteoric rise of Magyar and his Tisza party. “He has built an opposition movement at amazing speed,” said Gábor Győri of Policy Solutions, a Budapest-based political research institute.

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Conversations with those who know Magyar often alternate between admiration and antipathy. Many praise the tremendous movement he has built and the discipline he has shown as he crisscrosses the country, giving up to six speeches a day, while also describing him as someone with a short temper and a style that can be abrasive at times.

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Others see him as the perfect fit for the magnitude of the moment. “I think, like all politicians, he can be a difficult person,” said Tamás Topolánszky, a film-maker who was part of a team that spent the past 18 months following Magyar for a film on the wider change sweeping Hungarian society.

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Topolánszky described Magyar as authentic and passionate, but also someone who could be impatient at times. “I think that this is something that we Hungarians now see was necessary to get us to this point.”

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This is a moment of history for Hungary and Hungarians. And the outcome is momentous for the rest of Europe too. A 16-year-long illiberal, anti-democratic experiment is at an end, and this is the time for celebration. But with a large majority comes an immense responsibility for the new government in Budapest. Europe too has urgent lessons to learn.

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Across EU capitals and in Brussels, Péter Magyar’s victory has brought huge sighs of relief. But the bated breath before the vote, and the fact that many EU leaders were simply hoping the “Orbán problem” would go away after this election, exposes a deeper issue: the EU still lacks a coherent strategy for tackling democratic backsliding within its ranks. That could come back and bite the union again, sooner than expected.

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Magyar’s election offers Europe an opportunity to emerge stronger and to confront its underlying problems. This is a chance to finally give Ukraine the support it needs, to lock in an ambitious seven-year EU budget, push forward enlargement, and to chip away at the unanimity requirement in foreign policy that has allowed individual member states to hold the continent hostage.

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With 2027 elections approaching, the EU needs to act fast. What Europe does in the months ahead will determine whether Magyar’s win marks a genuine turning point, or merely a temporary reprieve.

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Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, and author of The Far Right Today

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Hungary’s election is a reminder that much of the public discourse wildly overstates the strength of authoritarianism and the weakness of democracy. Orbán’s acceptance of the result also again drives home how exceptional Donald Trump is in refusing to recognise his election defeat in 2020.

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The result will be used for all kinds of fallacious claims, from this marking the end of the far right in Europe to the idea that Orbán lost because of his association with the toxicity of the Trump regime. But in fact, this was a specifically Hungarian event, to be explained by specifically Hungarian factors – such as 16 years of corruption and economic mismanagement – rather than international ones, including JD Vance’s visit to Budapest.

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This result nevertheless has a strong symbolic value for European politics. Orbán replaced Marine Le Pen as the unofficial leader of the still heavily divided European far right during Europe’s 2015 so-called “refugee crisis”. He has also given the far right a permanent presence in the European Council from where he vetoed or obstructed many EU decisions, and in the European Commission (Hungary’s commissioners have shown more loyalty to Orbán than to the EU).

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Orbán is gone, for now. And while there are many other far-right politicians (Giorgia Meloni for example) and European disrupters (such as Slovak premier Robert Fico), none have the intent, power or resources to step into the void that Orbán’s defeat creates.

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Programme director of the CEU Democracy Institute, and author of Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary

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Magyar’s improbable rise was made possible by the government’s worsening economic record and growing anger over its pro-Russian, anti-European stance. For years, Hungarian voters had felt trapped between an authoritarian government and a feeble, fractured opposition. Magyar broke that deadlock.

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That he did so is remarkable. He was forced to confront a party-state: a system sustained by vast institutional, financial and propaganda resources, and defended by relentless smear campaigns. I know how daunting that can be, having faced it myself as an opposition politician only a few years ago.

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In his victory speech, Magyar made ambitious promises to restore the rule of law and repair relations with the EU and Nato. These promises will also be extraordinarily difficult to fulfil. Magyar may have won power, but he has not inherited a normal state. He faces severe economic pressures, immense public expectations and an opposition in Fidesz that, even in defeat, retains extensive informal power and influence. Orbán’s system has infiltrated the state, the media, the economy and the political culture itself.

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Removing Orbán from office is one thing. Dismantling Orbánism is quite another.

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And yet, a decisive threshold has been crossed. In the end, the Orbán regime’s strategy of devoting every available resource to its own perpetuation produced not durability but exhaustion. The system hardened, overreached and finally broke.

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But the hardest question of all is not whether Orbán can be defeated, but whether the political, legal and moral wreckage he leaves behind can truly be repaired.

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Despite late night celebrations, it does not look like Peter Magyar has had a chance to lie in a bit longer today.

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Earlier this morning, he thanked the voters once again on his Facebook, saying:

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“Thanks to every Hungarian at home and across the world!

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It is a huge honour that you have empowered us with the most votes ever to form a government and to work for a free, European, well-functioning and compassionate Hungary over the next four years. The Tisza government will be the government of every Hungarian person.”

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Meanwhile, the Slovak prime minister Robert Fico and the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš, two close political allies of Viktor Orbán, congratulated Peter Magyar on his win in yesterday’s election.

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Fico, who worked closely with Orbán as they repeatedly clashed with Ukraine together over the issue of Russian energy imports, said on Facebook he was “ready for intensive cooperation with the new Hungarian prime minister,” while he also expressed his “gratitude” to the ousted prime minister.

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Babiš said Magyar “must not disappoint”, and pledged to “always work constructively with whoever voters choose”.

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“Facing such a strong opponent as Viktor Orbán was never easy, yet [Magyar] earned the trust of the majority of Hungarians and carries great hopes and expectations,” he noted.

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Speaking at a press conference in Berlin, German chancellor Friedrich Merz praised Péter Magyar’s win over Viktor Orbán as “a good day,” sending “a very clear signal against right-wing populism.”

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“Hungary has sent a very clear signal against right-wing populism across the whole world. In that respect, [yesterday Sunday’s election day] was… a good day,” Merz said in comments reported by Reuters.

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He said that decision-making process in the EU, including on things to do with Russia, should get easier as a result of the vote.

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He also praised the resilience of the Hungarian society against attempts to interfere with the vote.

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“This [win] demonstrates that our democratic societies are evidently much more resilient against Russian propaganda and further external interference in such elections,” said Merz.

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(No prizes for guessing what other “further external interference” he might have been thinking of there, just days after JD Vance’s not-so-subtle visit to Budapest…)

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Good morning from Budapest, as the city reluctantly and not without some difficulties wakes up from the celebrations the night before, which went on to 5am and beyond.

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With 98.94% of votes counted, Péter Magyar’s Tisza party is projected to get 138 seats in the new parliament, with just 55 for Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz and six for the far-right Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party.

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These numbers mean that the new government will have the critical two-thirds majority (133 or more seats) required to comprehensively overhaul the country’s laws, creating a real chance to genuinely break with the Orbán era.

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Or, as András Bíró-Nagy of Policy Solutions put it to me,

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“Because if [they have] the constitutional super-majority, this is when he can do a change of regime, and not only a change of government … then dismantling the Orbán regime is really possible, meaning that both the economic and the political capture of the [Orbán] regime could be adressed with the two-thirds majority.”

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We are going to hear from Magyar again today as he is expected to give a press conference to offer a more detailed reaction to the vote and talk about his plans for the new administration.

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Separately, we should also hear from the team of international observers who monitored the vote as they present their early findings.

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And, well, we are still waiting for any reaction from the White House. Donald Trump and JD Vance had so much to say about the election before it happened, but are uncharacteristically quiet since last night.

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It’s Monday, 13 April 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

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Good morning.

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… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!

Hungarian election winner and presumed next prime minister Péter Magyar has outlined his policy platform at a three-hour long press conference with Hungarian and international media (18:24).
He pledged to restore constructive relations with the European Union, even despite some potential conflicting views on key issues such as Ukraine, Russia and migration policy.
He said he wanted the government to be in place by early May as he insisted the voters gave him a mandate “not just for a change of government, but a change of the regime” after 16 years of Orbán’s rule (14:20).

What next for Hungary as country celebrates Péter Magyar victory over Viktor Orbán?

If you have any tips, comments or suggestions, email me at jakub.krupa@theguardian.com.

I am also on Bluesky at @jakubkrupa.bsky.social and on X at @jakubkrupa.

What Péter Magyar thinks about …

Jakub Krupa and Flora Garamvolgyi
at Péter Magyar’s press conference

Péter Magyar, leader of the pro-European conservative Tisza party and Hungary's Prime Minister-elect, delivers a speech during a press conference at the HUNGEXPO Congress and Exhibition Center in Budapest, Hungary. — Péter Magyar, leader of the pro-European conservative Tisza party and Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect, delivers a speech during a press conference at the HUNGEXPO Congress and Exhibition Center in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

THE EUROPEAN UNION

He wants to go to Poland, Austria and Brussels as his first three foreign visits as prime minister.

He is open to Hungary joining the eurozone and wants to consider setting a date for it (15:48). He would welcome the UK back in the EU (15:56).

UKRAINE

He does not support Ukraine’s fast-track accession to the EU and would put it to a referendum. He does not think this would happen in the next decade.

He supports the December proposal on the EU’s €90bn loan, which features an opt-out for Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia (15:30).

He wants to protect the rights of Hungarian minorities in Ukraine. He considers Ukraine the victim in the war with Russia.

RUSSIA

He wants Russia to end its war against Ukraine, but does not expect Putin to listen to his advice. If the war ends, however, we wants to lift sanctions on Russia “immediately” (15:17, 15:39).

But he thinks Russia is a security risk that Europe should be wary of (16:14).

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

He says he does not want to fund further US conservative events in Hungary.

RULE OF LAW

He wants several high-profile officials to resign from public offices, including the country’s president Tamás Sulyok, a close Orbán ally (14:49, 14:52).

He wants to introduce a retrospective two-term limit for prime ministers, which could effectively bar Viktor Orbán from every taking the post ever again (14:56).

ECONOMY

He says the country has been “devastated” and “looted” by the previous government and requires a fundamental reform (14:15).

He wants to unblock €19bn frozen EU funds for Hungary as a priority (13:24).

He refuses to contribute to the €90bn aid package to Ukraine as he says Hungary cannot afford to take any more loans and needs to resolve the issue of EU funds first (15:30).

ABORTION

LGBT RIGHTS

MIGRATION

He criticises the EU’s handling of the migration crisis and says EU aid should focus on countries of origin. He wants to pursue a restrictive migration policy domestically (16:11).

PRESS FREEDOM

He says he is committed to media transparency and holding regular press conferences, with a 3-hour media briefing today to show for it already on the first day after the election (16:01).

He wants to suspend the current state TV and radio broadcaster, introducing new safeguards to ensure unbiased coverage (16:42).

TRANSPARENCY AND CORRUPTION

Jakub Krupa

in Budapest

After more than 2 hours and 50 minutes, that’s it and Magyar is off to hit the phones with other European leaders.

I will have a summary of his positions on key issues ready for you shortly.

Asked about his views on abortion and LGBT rights, including whether he would allow Pride parades to go ahead, Magyar backs the freedom to assembly, and says the issue of abortion is settled.

On LGBT, he says:

“We clearly said that, according to Tisza and the many million Hungarian people supporting it, everyone can live with whoever they love as long as they do not violate laws and they are not harmful to others. I think everything is in this, without having to explain any of the details.”

Magyar gets an interesting question on whether he is not concerned that a number of his, let’s say, more offensive moves – like his request for the president and other senior officials to resign or plans to close the state broadcaster – will be seen not as much a return to the rule of law, but a start to a cycle of retribution.

He says he made it very clear that his intention was to get a regime change and he therefore needs to radically reform the institutions to achieve that aim.

He repeats that his government is “not going to take measures against the rule of law in order to restore the rule of law,” but will seek to radically reform the institutions in a way that at the same time clearly restricts the executive’s ability to influence them in the future.

“I’m not here to get rich and I’m not here to rule forever,” he says.

Magyar has been speaking for over 2,5 hours now.

Just saying.

Péter Magyar, election winner and leader of the pro-European conservative Tisza party, delivers a press conference at the HUNGEXPO Congress and Exhibition Center in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

Magyar says he will move to suspend state-controlled TV, radio to stop Fidesz ‘propaganda’

He taunts state media journalists saying they “should update their CVs” and that “they were unable to keep up pace with me” during the campaign.

Hungary vote held ‘without level playing field’ with systemic advantage given to Orbán’s Fidesz, observers say

Voters arrive at a polling station to cast their ballots in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: János Kummer/Getty Images

Their report specifically criticised the “divisive and fear-mongering rhetoric” from Orban’s Fidesz and “unsubstantiated claims of foreign interference” in the build up to the vote.

“The extensive misuse of public office and resources, government messaging, a clear bias in monitored media and news coverage in favour of the ruling party, and serious shortcomings in the regulation of campaign finance further undermined the equality of opportunities among contestants.”

It said the election was contested in a “highly polarised” environment with the main focus on Ukraine and the EU, with other issues “receiving less prominence.”

You can read the statement in full here.

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By the way, when Magyar ends his Q&A here – which we ~~hope~~ think should happen relatively soon as he has some calls with international leaders planned for later – I will produce an at-glance summary to help get you up-to-date on his views on everything you always wanted to know about the EU’s most in-vogue leader at the moment.

Questions emerge as Magyar landslide victory is celebrated in Hungary – video

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What next for Hungary as country celebrates Péter Magyar victory over Viktor Orbán?

Russia poses security risk to Hungary and Europe, Magyar says

Pressed further on Russia, Magyar says he considers Moscow to be “a security risk” for Europe.

Europe ‘mismanaged’ migration crisis, Magyar says, as he opposes federal Europe

Talking about how sees the EU work in the future, he says “we don’t have to have the European United States” as he backs the idea of the union of independent, sovereign states instead.

He says Europe “mismanaged” the migration crisis and this has shaken people’s sense of safety.

He says the EU should “recognise and respect our differences,” and “not force things on one another.”

“They want functioning, strong nation states and a good and well functioning EU that gives the framework that helps people so that they can travel freely, they can work, they can invest in each other’s countries and to live in peace. This is what Hungarians want.”

But he also says that Brussels often shows the tendency of “thinking everything is happening there” and moving too eagerly to regulate everything.

“Everything should be regulated, but less is more occasionally, and if you adhere to it, stick to it, and everyone respects it, we are [actually] further ahead than when we have 125 rules and no one wants to adhere to them.”

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in Budapest

If you are surprised by how long this press conference is, let me explain.

And, as is to be expected a day after election, it’s both about the merits but also a bit about political theatre.

The reason why Magyar is keen to answer (or be seen as answering) all – or as many as possible – questions is to mark a break from the previous government’s policy to only answer questions from a group of hand-picked friendly outlets.

Hungary’s Magyar says he hopes UK would ‘rejoin’ EU in the future

Talking about Hungary’s broader alliances in Europe, Magyar briefly draws on his time as a diplomat in Brussels as he talks about negotiations with other countries.

Unexpectedly, he says that at the time “the Brits were also part of the EU; let’s hope that they rejoin.”

Magyar says wants good relations with US, but will not call Trump

Magyar gets asked about his contact with the US, in light of the US administration’s clear support for his rival, Viktor Orbán.

He says the US is a very important partner that Hungary needs good relations with.

He says he will not call Trump, but his administration will be available to talk if the White House reaches out.

He repeats his previous suggestions that the upcoming 70th anniversary of the 1956 Budapest Uprising could be a good opportunity to host global leaders in the city.

Magyar signals openness to considering eurozone membership, hopes for quick resolution on EU funds

In response to a few economic questions, Magyar suggests it is in Hungary’s interests to join the eurozone, but he would need to have more clarity on fiscal situation first.

He plans to discuss a target date after a brief consultation period.

He also says he plans to discuss the release of EU funds when he speaks to the commission president Ursula von der Leyen later today – and he hopes for a quick decision.

Magyar talks of ‘pragmatic’ ties with Moscow, but clearly sides with Ukraine on war

On Russia, Magyar says he wants to have “pragmatic” ties with Moscow as Hungary continues to be “exposed” to Russia on energy imports.

He says he will review “all contracts” for Russian energy and renegotiate and terminate them “if necessary.”

On relations with Putin, he says he would tell him to stop the war in Ukraine, but wouldn’t really expect him to listen to that advice.

But he hopes Putin will be forced to end the war soon and says it’s clear that Ukraine is the victim here as the Russian aggression continues.

Hungarian election winner Magyar vows to rebuild EU relationship after stunning defeat of Viktor Orbán – Europe live

Magyar pledges to lead constructive EU policy and seek compromises on tricky issues

Closing summary

What Péter Magyar thinks about …

Magyar says he will move to suspend state-controlled TV, radio to stop Fidesz ‘propaganda’

Hungary vote held ‘without level playing field’ with systemic advantage given to Orbán’s Fidesz, observers say

Questions emerge as Magyar landslide victory is celebrated in Hungary – video

Russia poses security risk to Hungary and Europe, Magyar says

Europe ‘mismanaged’ migration crisis, Magyar says, as he opposes federal Europe

Hungary’s Magyar says he hopes UK would ‘rejoin’ EU in the future

Magyar says wants good relations with US, but will not call Trump

Magyar signals openness to considering eurozone membership, hopes for quick resolution on EU funds

Magyar talks of ‘pragmatic’ ties with Moscow, but clearly sides with Ukraine on war

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