Hungary's PM-elect Magyar vows to bring in 'new era'

Péter Magyar speaks to the media in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 13, 2026. DENES ERDOS / AP

Hungary's premier-elect Péter Magyar, who defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban in weekend elections, vowed on Monday, April 13, to usher in "a new era." He urged President Tamas Sulyok, an Orban ally, to convene parliament "as soon as possible."

"We will do everything in our power to ensure that this truly marks the beginning of a new era," Magyar told a press conference after his pro-European Union conservative party trounced Orban's nationalists in Sunday's legislative elections. "Our country has no time to waste. Hungary is in trouble in every respect. It has been plundered, looted, betrayed, indebted and ruined," he said.

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