"Pro-European conservative #PeterMagyar is to be sworn in as #Hungary 's prime minister on Saturday" (today)

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260509-magyar-to-become-hungary-s-regime-change-pm
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Magyar to become Hungary's 'regime change' PM

Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar is to be sworn in as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday as he promises "regime change" after nationalist Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.

FRANCE 24
Magyar to become Hungary's 'regime change' PM

Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar is to be sworn in as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday as he promises "regime change" after nationalist Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.

FRANCE 24

#Ukraine 's state-run #Oschadbank has confirmed that #Hungary has returned funds and valuables seized in #Budapest in March.
The assets were returned in full, with their integrity and packaging verified by Oschadbank representatives.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/05/07/8033548/
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Photos of bank assets returned to Ukraine by Hungary released

Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank has confirmed that Hungary has returned funds and valuables seized in Budapest in March.

Ukrainska Pravda
"It has been announced that not only the #Hungarian national anthem will be played at the handover of power, but also the #EuropeanAnthem, the anthem of the #Szekelys, a minority in Romania's Transylvania region, and the unofficial anthem of Hungary's #Roma community." / DW
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The new cabinet includes 5 women and one disabled (blind) person btw

Full list:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinett_Magyar
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Kabinett Magyar – Wikipedia

Understanding Hungary’s political earthquake and the rise of Péter Magyar

Balázs Csuday writes that Péter Magyar’s landslide victory has upended Hungary’s political order, opening the door to constitutional conflict, institutional upheaval, and a major foreign policy reset after 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule. The result could reshape Hungary’s relationship with the European Union and reverberate across Europe’s populist right.

Important

"Viktor Orbán’s defeat was not a victory over populism but a populist victory" (term : democratic populism)

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2026/04/29/orban-magyar-tisza-party-hungary-populism/
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Viktor Orbán’s defeat was not a victory over populism but a populist victory

Péter Magyar's defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary was not a victory over populism, but an expression of its own form of democratic populism.

LSE European Politics - Bridging research, policy and public debate on Europe
Hungary's new PM Magyar sworn in after landslide victory over Orbán

Nearly a month ago Péter Magyar steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.