Hungary's Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar has met EU leaders in Brussels, for the first time since his Tisza party won a landslide election on 12 April, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.
After talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which he called "extremely constructive and successful", Magyar said that "in one sentence, EU resources will soon arrive in Hungary".
Magyar has vowed to unlock billions of euros of EU funds for Hungary that have been frozen because of democratic backsliding and corruption allegations under Orbán's Fidesz-led government.
Orbán, who ran a largely anti-EU election campaign, had accused his rival of being a puppet of Brussels.
After his talks, Magyar sought to assure Hungarians that the EU did not support conditions that would be contrary to their country's interests. The unblocked billions would help revive Hungary's ailing economy, he added. Hungary's economy has shown minimal growth for the past three years.
