Magyar
4 briefs
After Orban
Peter Magyar just became Hungary's prime minister. His hardest problem isn't Orban's loyalists. It's the system Orban built to survive anyone who tried to replace him.
Hungary's New Government Drops the Veto. Now the EU Finds Out Whether Orbán Was the Problem or the Excuse.
Peter Magyar's election win on April 12 unblocked two EU sanctions packages and a EUR 90 billion Ukraine loan. But Magyar is already conditioning the loan on a pipeline restart, and Slovakia has not moved.
Hungary After Orban Is Harder Than Hungary Without Orban
Peter Magyar won the election. Now he has to dismantle a state that was built to be impossible to dismantle from within.
Orban Lost His Election. His Israel Policy Did Not.
Hungary's incoming leader Peter Magyar says he will keep the veto on EU sanctions against Israel. Five countries want to punish Israel for Gaza. One country can stop all of them. And the EU is starting to ask whether the unanimity rule should survive this.