Hungary's incoming PM Péter Magyar demands 'Orbán's puppets' leave the country

Published connected 13/04/2026 - 0:40 GMT+2•Updated 0:49

Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the state volition erstwhile again beryllium a beardown European and NATO state arsenic helium vowed to reconstruct its spot successful Europe.

Magyar was speaking successful cardinal Budapest successful beforehand of thousands of supporters aft securing a landslide triumph implicit Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz Party.

"Hungary volition erstwhile again beryllium a beardown state representing Hungarian interests, due to the fact that our country's spot is successful Europe," Magyar said.

He added that his archetypal overseas trips volition beryllium to Warsaw and Vienna, aft which helium volition sojourn Brussels successful a bid to transportation the EU to unlock billions of euros successful frozen funds.

"We volition bring location the EU funds that are owed to the Hungarian people," helium said.

To this end, helium promised to articulation the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the assemblage which investigates transnational and analyzable fiscal crimes.

"We volition reconstruct the strategy of checks and balances. We volition articulation the European Public Prosecutor's Office. We warrant the antiauthoritarian functioning of our country."

Magyar besides called connected Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok to resign instantly aft asking him to signifier a government. He sent the aforesaid connection to different authorities leaders appointed by Viktor Orbán. During the campaign, Tisza accused those officials of representing enactment interests.

"I telephone connected the President of the Republic to instantly inquire the victor to signifier a authorities and past permission office. I telephone connected each the puppets who person been successful powerfulness for the past 16 years to bash the same," helium said.

He mentioned the Presidents of the Curia, the Judicial Office, the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, the State Audit Office, the Economic Competition Authority and the caput of the media authority.

"Let them leave, leave. Don't hold until we nonstop them away," Magyar said.

He besides praised his party's triumph arsenic a historical mandate and called connected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to refrain from immoderate measures that would bounds the incoming government's powers.

"If a superior determination oregon question arises regarding our federation during the hopefully abbreviated play of transition, delight consciousness escaped to telephone me, you cognize my telephone number."

With astir 99% of the votes counted, Tisza is good connected people to instrumentality a comfy two-thirds bulk of 138 seats successful the 199-seat Hungarian Parliament.

According to information from the National Election Commission, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz could clasp 55 seats. And the far-right Our Homeland Movement is connected people to participate Parliament arsenic a 3rd enactment with six.

More than 90,000 Hungarians formed their ballots astatine voting stations overseas portion immoderate 224,000 voted determination different than their authoritative address. Those votes volition beryllium counted successful the coming days meaning it volition beryllium a small portion yet earlier 100% of the ballots are counted.