Hungary could vote to oust president as early as next week

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06/07/2026 - 18:19 GMT+2

Hungary's opposition Fidesz party has called for a demonstration on Thursday after Prime Minister Péter Magyar submitted a constitutional amendment to remove the country's president, Tamás Sulyok.

Magyar, who won a landslide victory in April's election, ending Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power, has repeatedly called for the removal of the official appointed by his predecessor, whom he calls "Orbán's puppet".

Magyar's amendment, filed on Saturday, states that "the mandate of the incumbent President of the Republic shall terminate on the day following the entry into force of the amendment to the Fundamental Law".