Hungary's PM-elect Magyar vows to bring in 'new era'
AFP , Monday 13 Apr 2026
Hungary's premier-elect Peter Magyar, who defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban in weekend elections, vowed on Monday to usher in "a new era".
Peter Magyar, leader of the pro-European conservative TISZA party, delivers a press conference at the HUNGEXPO Congress and Exhibition Center in Budapest, Hungary. AFP
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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