Péter Magyar, who recently secured a strong election victory and ended Viktor Orban’s long-standing two-thirds parliamentary dominance since 2010, has begun shaping his government’s early foreign and domestic direction through visits to Berlin and Paris, where he met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron. In remarks published in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Magyar indicated that despite harsh criticism of Orban during the campaign over corruption allegations, EU policy obstruction, and ties with Russia, his government would not significantly overturn the previous administration’s core policy framework.

À Berlin mardi puis à Paris ce mercredi, Péter Magyar affiche son retour dans le jeu européen. Mais sur l’Ukraine, le nouveau Premier ministre hongrois reste prisonnier des choix…

Die EU war nach der Wahl Péter Magyars erleichtert. Man kam dem neuen ungarischen Regierungschef sehr entgegen. Nun macht er klar, wo er nicht auf Brüsseler Linie liegt.