Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Monday his government would launch legal proceedings to dismiss President Tamas Sulyok, an appointee of the previous nationalist administration, if he sticks by his refusal to resign.

The government’s deadline for his resignation passed on Sunday night, but Sulyok said he would wait for the Venice Commission’s opinion and insisted that the matter should be…

Newly appointed Prime Minister Péter Magyar says Hungary's government will amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok.