{"id":1003,"date":"2026-04-15T21:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:55:38","slug":"the-magyars-revenge-halts-public-tv-news-and-attacks-president-solok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/the-magyars-revenge-halts-public-tv-news-and-attacks-president-solok\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magyar’s Revenge: Halts Public TV News and Attacks President S\u00f6l\u00f6k"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hungary’s new Prime Minister, P\u00e9ter M\u00e1ty\u00e1s, plans to abolish the news service of the state media, describing it as false and propagandistic. At the same time, he is calling for the resignation of President Tam\u00e1s Szab\u00f3, the former President of the Constitutional Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e1ty\u00e1s, following his stunning victory in the April 12 elections, appeared for the first time in years on the state television channel M1 and stated:<\/p>\n

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I hold no personal grudge, although you and your colleagues continuously slander me and my family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the studio, he announced his intention to suspend the channel\u2019s news service, calling it a \u201cfactory of lies\u201d and emphasizing that citizens deserve journalism that reflects the truth.<\/p>\n

And he remarked:<\/p>\n

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What has been happening here since 2010 would even make Goebbels or the North Korean dictators blush. Not a single true word has been spoken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

M\u00e1ty\u00e1s announced that he would suspend the news service due to its bias but would operate within the legal framework, starting with changes to the media law.<\/p>\n

On a more personal note, he said:<\/p>\n

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They said on this channel that even my young children don\u2019t speak to me, while in reality they live with me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After visiting President Szab\u00f3’s official residence, he called him a \u201cpuppet\u201d and declared that he would remove him, along with others. Following a photo opportunity, Szab\u00f3 was described as “unfit to represent the unity of the Hungarian nation.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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He is unfit to serve as a guardian of legality. He is not suitable to be a moral authority or role model.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More broadly, he announced a restructuring of the government at all levels.<\/p>\n

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We will restore EU funds. We will participate in the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, establish a national asset recovery authority, and implement other anti-corruption measures.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“We will make investigatory authorities and the judiciary independent,”<\/strong><\/em> he added. “We will restore academic freedom by returning universities to academics and research institutions to researchers. We will use EU funds for infrastructure, energy efficiency, and healthcare \u2014 not for oligarchs or party loyalists.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

M\u00e1ty\u00e1s also stated that he would nationalize assets that were granted to businessmen and foundations during the time of former Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

He specifically mentioned the Mathias Corvinus Collegium<\/strong> (MCC), a conservative think tank close to Orb\u00e1n. In 2020, the MCC received significant funding and assets valued at around \u20ac1.44 billion<\/strong>, including state shares and real estate.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1ty\u00e1s contrasted the outgoing government\u2019s wastefulness with the growing poverty in Hungary.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he attacked Szab\u00f3, who has been in office since 2024. Critics argue that under his leadership, the Constitutional Court was politicized and served the interests of the Orb\u00e1n government rather than functioning as an independent judicial body.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1ty\u00e1s declared that following the formation of a new government, Szab\u00f3 must immediately step down from his position. Szab\u00f3\u2019s presidency is challenged by M\u00e1ty\u00e1s, mainly due to his ties to the Orb\u00e1n administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungary\u2019s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar pledges to shut down state news, condemning it as propaganda, demands the resignation of President Tam\u00e1s Szolok, and vows sweeping reforms against corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[886,887,884,885,218],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hungary","tag-mathias-corvinus-collegium","tag-peter-magyar","tag-tamas-soulok","tag-viktor-orban","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}