Hungary’s parliament has approved a sweeping overhaul of the country’s public media system, creating a new public broadcaster, restoring the independence of the Hungarian News Agency (MTI), and introducing new oversight bodies intended to strengthen editorial independence and public accountability.
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Less than 24 hours after Progress Pride flags were installed on Budapest’s Erzsébet Bridge, several disappeared, with a video showing a man throwing the banners into the Danube. City authorities suspect deliberate vandalism, plan to file a police report, and say the flags will be reinstalled as Budapest prepares for its first Pride since Viktor Orbán left power.
On his first official foreign trip since Fidesz’s 12 April election defeat, Viktor Orbán sought to reassure Europe’s nationalist and sovereigntist forces that Hungary’s political transition does not signal a broader setback for the right. Ahead of a Patriots for Europe summit in Brussels, he argued that the movement’s momentum continues to grow across the continent.
Human rights organizations have criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and his government for employing rhetoric on migration that they say closely resembles the language used by Viktor Orbán and Fidesz, exposing a growing tension between the Tisza Party’s promise of a ‘regime change’ and its efforts to retain Hungary’s traditionally restrictive stance on migration.
Slovenia has lifted border control checkpoints with Hungary and Croatia, ending measures introduced in 2023 over security concerns linked to the Hamas attacks and the war in Ukraine. The move follows pressure from Brussels and aims to restore unrestricted travel within the Schengen Area.
‘It’s absolute cinema,’ the prime minister said of what is happening to him. And indeed, like a movie, the government is unfolding before our eyes: we are part of it, it is happening to us and for us. Or rather, that is what the grand spectacle now playing out in Hungary after the Polish ‘regime change’ would have us believe.
Hungarian PM Péter Magyar announced plans for another meeting with President Tamás Sulyok to persuade him to resign amid an escalating constitutional stand-off between the presidency and the government. Magyar also renewed his call for the eventual direct election of Hungary’s president, arguing that the office should derive its legitimacy directly from voters rather than parliamentary majorities.
Political tensions over Hungary’s approach to the EU Migration Pact have intensified after Prime Minister Péter Magyar claimed to possess a confidential government resolution allegedly detailing plans for a migrant reception centre under the previous Orbán administration. Magyar argued that the project demonstrates Fidesz had privately prepared for compliance while publicly rejecting the pact.
Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog has accused senior officials in Viktor Orbán’s former government of obstructing investigations and claimed systemic corruption may have cost the country up to €150 billion over the past 16 years. Integrity Authority President Ferenc Bíró urged the new government to prosecute those involved and prioritize asset recovery and anti-corruption efforts.
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