{"id":4271,"date":"2026-06-01T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/magyar-challenges-hungarys-president-in-leadership-bid\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:52:08","slug":"magyar-challenges-hungarys-president-in-leadership-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/magyar-challenges-hungarys-president-in-leadership-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Magyar Challenges Hungary’s President in Leadership Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magyar made his intentions clear on Monday outside the S\u00e1ndor Palace in Budapest, according to Brussels Signal<\/em>, following a direct meeting with Sulyok. The president was installed with backing from former prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n and his Fidesz party.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9ter Magyar<\/strong> told reporters gathered outside the presidential residence that Hungary does not belong to Sulyok, Orb\u00e1n, or any single political faction. He had previously called on Sulyok and several other senior officials appointed during the Orb\u00e1n era\u2014including the chief prosecutor and the head of the Constitutional Court\u2014to step down.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister has accused Sulyok of failing to fulfill his role as an independent head of state and instead functioning as Orb\u00e1n’s subordinate. Rather than pursue a formal removal process, Magyar said his government would change the constitution itself to safeguard the integrity of the presidency.<\/p>\n

His Tisza party commands the necessary votes to implement such a constitutional change. Tisza secured a two-thirds supermajority in the April 12 parliamentary election, ending Orb\u00e1n’s 16-year grip on power. Magyar, a former member of the European Parliament who broke with Fidesz in 2024, has characterized the election outcome as the dismantling of the political order Orb\u00e1n constructed.<\/p>\n

Constitutional Changes and Direct Elections<\/h2>\n

Magyar indicated that under the planned reforms, future presidents could be elected directly by the people rather than selected by parliamentary vote. He framed the proposed change as reflecting the democratic mandate given by Hungarian voters.<\/p>\n

On May 29, Tam\u00e1s Sulyok<\/strong> made clear he would not resign and requested that the Venice Commission\u2014the Council of Europe’s primary advisory body on constitutional matters\u2014review the dispute. Sulyok maintains there is no constitutional grounds for his removal and has argued that forcing him out would not resolve the institutional conflict between the executive and presidential offices.<\/p>\n

Brussels Watches Closely<\/h2>\n

The confrontation has attracted significant attention in Brussels. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> welcomed Tisza’s election victory as evidence that Hungary had chosen alignment with Europe, as Brussels Signal<\/em> reports. EU officials have expressed hope for improved relations after years of bitter clashes with Orb\u00e1n over rule of law standards, migration policy, and access to European Union funding.<\/p>\n

The standoff marks a critical test for Magyar’s new government as it seeks to consolidate power and reshape Hungary’s political institutions following the dramatic end of the Orb\u00e1n era.<\/p>\n

With information from Brussels Signal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar plans to amend the constitution to remove President Tam\u00e1s Sulyok, who was installed by former PM Viktor Orb\u00e1n and refused to resign voluntarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":4270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[4610,3313,3528,886,884,4609,218],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-budapest","tag-constitutional-amendment","tag-fidesz","tag-hungary","tag-peter-magyar","tag-tamas-sulyok","tag-viktor-orban","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}