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Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has sharply criticised the government’s proposed 17th amendment to Hungary’s Fundamental Law, arguing that the plan to terminate his mandate is incompatible with the principles of the rule of law.

Speaking to the Polish conservative weekly Do Rzeczy, Sulyok said the proposal announced by Prime Minister Péter Magyar would end the current president’s term through a constitutional amendment that targets a specific individual rather than the office itself.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Saturday that the government has formally submitted the 17th amendment to Hungary’s Fundamental Law to Parliament, which could become one of the most significant constitutional reform packages in recent years.

The prime minister said further details would be revealed during a briefing scheduled for 4 PM on Saturday.

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Hungary’s main opposition party, Fidesz, has sharply condemned the government’s proposed 17th amendment to the Fundamental Law, with parliamentary group leader Gergely Gulyás describing it as “the end of constitutional democracy and the beginning of authoritarian rule in Hungary.”

The statement came on Saturday afternoon after Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that his government had formally submitted the constitutional amendment to Parliament.

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A public dispute between Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and former President János Áder has escalated after the prime minister published drone footage of Áder’s official residence while accusing him of benefiting from taxpayers’ money.

The exchange began after the former President criticised the government’s plan to remove current President Tamás Sulyok through a constitutional amendment. 

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Hungary has revoked the political asylum previously granted to Polish opposition politicians Zbigniew Ziobro and Marcin Romanowski, as well as to Ziobro's wife, according to an announcement by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

Writing on X on Thursday, Sikorski said Poland had received written confirmation from the Hungarian side that the asylum status had been withdrawn. He did not specify which Hungarian authority issued the confirmation but added that the travel documents of Ziobro, his wife and Romanowski had also been invalidated. The Hungarian authorities have not yet publicly commented on the decision.

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Hungary now officially holds more gold than Romania for the first time in modern history, with the country’s gold reserves reaching 110 tonnes and an estimated value of USD 12.1 billion, according to new research based on World Gold Council data.

The analysis, published by The Gold Bullion Company, shows that Hungary increased its gold holdings by 16.4% between December 2023 and April 2026, rising from 94.5 tonnes to 110 tonnes. This places Hungary ninth globally among the countries that increased their gold reserves the most during the period.

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Hungary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is examining almost HUF 4.9 billion (around EUR 13 million) spent on private jet charters used for the official travel of former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó between 2022 and 2026, with officials now also looking into the possibility of criminal liability.

The figures were published by György Velkey, the ministry's parliamentary state secretary, who said the information had emerged during an ongoing internal review of the ministry's previous spending.

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Hungarian political analyst Gábor Török has delivered a strict assessment of Fidesz, arguing that the party's failure to renew itself following its election defeat could prove "almost as tragic" as the result itself.

Writing on Facebook, Török said the absence of both new leadership and fresh political ideas is causing the party to waste what he considers a crucial period for rebuilding support. His comments come after two of Hungary's most respected polling organisations published surveys showing the Tisza Party maintaining a commanding lead over Fidesz.

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A fresh survey by Medián indicates that the Tisza movement faces virtually no meaningful opposition, while Fidesz has shrunk to the status of a mid-sized party and the far-right Mi Hazánk may only just scrape into parliament. The question now confronting Hungary’s political landscape is where any genuine opposition to Péter Magyar might emerge.

Political analysts argue that the Tisza-led government is still enjoying a political “honeymoon” with the electorate. Support for Mr Magyar continues to grow, even as Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz has slipped into the political middle tier. Were an election held this Sunday, the party would likely lose even the ten individual constituencies it still held as recently as mid-April.

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Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok held talks with members of the Venice Commission in Budapest on Thursday, after turning to the Council of Europe’s constitutional advisory body over what his office described as a constitutional conflict between Hungarian public law institutions following the elections.

According to the Sándor Palace, the Venice Commission has indicated that it is ready to examine Sulyok’s submission as a matter of urgency and to gather information on the case through in-person consultations in Budapest. The Council of Europe also confirmed that Venice Commission President Marta Cartabia concluded a visit to Hungary on 2 July, during which the delegation met several senior Hungarian officials.

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The latest Hungarian government briefing brought several major announcements, including a HUF 100,000 school-starting support scheme for vulnerable children, new legislation on former communist-era secret police files, changes affecting public-interest asset management foundations, and a proposal to rename Hungary’s “vármegyék” as counties again.

According to MTI, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced the decisions after a cabinet meeting, saying the measures covered social support, transparency in public finances, EU-related legislative changes and symbolic constitutional amendments.

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The prosecution yesterday questioned János Hajdu, the former head of Hungary’s Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK), on suspicion of unlawfully detaining seven Ukrainian cash couriers in handcuffs for nearly nine hours. Viktor Orbán swiftly came to his defence, denouncing the case as a Tisza-led political witch-hunt, and promptly appointed Hajdu as Fidesz’s security director.

Orbán, Hajdu, Demeter responsible

Yet the story does not end there. Investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi has reported that, following the election, Orbán, Hajdu and Tamás Demeter, former deputy head of Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV), held a clandestine meeting at the Andrássy Avenue villa of Lőrinc Mészáros.

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The IDEA Institute’s mid-June survey shows that support for Orbán’s Fidesz–KDNP has fallen to a historic low among voters. According to the findings, only 21 percent of the adult population would vote for the former governing parties if there were an election on Sunday.

The latest data suggest a significant reshaping of Hungary’s political landscape in recent weeks, while support for the TISZA Party has continued to grow. The study highlights that the share of undecided voters decreased by 3 percentage points from May to June, down to 11 percent, indicating that many voters have recently aligned themselves with a new political option, Szeretlek Magyarország wrote.

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Hungary's new government has confirmed its ambition to join the eurozone by around 2030, with Prime Minister Péter Magyar arguing that adopting the euro would bring greater economic stability and prevent future governments from repeating what he described as the fiscal mistakes of Viktor Orbán's administration.

Euro adoption back on Hungary's agenda

Hungary has set a target of meeting the conditions for joining the eurozone by around 2030, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced after talks in Budapest with Eurogroup President and Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

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A newly established Hungarian cultural institution in Jerusalem has drawn attention after reports revealed a lack of publicly available documentation on its legal status, financing and operations. According to investigative reporting by Átlátszó, the academy appears to function as part of Hungary’s cultural diplomacy network, yet key details about its creation are unclear.

Academy opened in elite Jerusalem district

The Jeruzsálemi Magyar Akadémia (Hungarian Academy in Jerusalem) officially opened in December 2025 in the city’s upscale Talbiyeh neighbourhood, one of Jerusalem’s most prestigious districts. According to Átlátszó, the institution operates in a prime location near the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) building and several diplomatic properties, including Czech and Slovak missions.

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Earlier this month, Hungary quietly introduced one of the biggest changes to its immigration and employment rules in recent years by suspending applications for new guest worker residence permits. Many employers and foreign workers are still trying to understand what it actually means in practice.

The short answer is that Hungary has not stopped hiring non-EU workers altogether, but the country’s main guest worker scheme has been put on hold while the government reviews the entire system.

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A Georgian-Israeli businessman, Shabtai Michaeli, is alleged to have attempted to approach Márk Radnai—widely regarded as a close ally of Péter Magyar—through the politician’s father, though the effort reportedly came to nothing after contact details were withheld. According to reports, Michaeli—named in Népszava as a notable beneficiary of schemes linked to the residency bond programme associated with Orbán government propaganda minister Antal Rogán—is said to have been unable to secure an introduction to Márk Radnai. Radnai is also the government commissioner for a “humane and functioning Hungary” and, in civilian life, a theatre director.

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Prime minister Péter Magyar is proud of his first fifty days. That is understandable — and partly justified. But when a prime minister enthusiastically reports on his own performance, it is worth leaning in a little closer to the numbers. Not out of scepticism, but because democracy works precisely when people know what to believe.

The usual political ritual

Let us start where it makes sense: Magyar Péter’s Facebook post is political communication. It makes no secret of that, and it should not have to. Every government that reaches a round-number milestone publishes a list like this — fifty days, a hundred days, six months. Orbán did it. Merkel did it. The genre’s defining feature is that it leads with the wins, presents work in progress as completed results, and bundles favourable external circumstances as internal achievements.

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A leaked prosecution document has reportedly placed former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán among the central figures whose potential criminal responsibility should be investigated in connection with the so-called “gold convoy” incident, one of the country’s most controversial law enforcement operations in recent years.

Leaked document names Viktor Orbán among key figures

According to documents cited by Hungarian news outlet 444.hu, prosecutors are examining whether senior officials played a role in decisions surrounding a March operation that targeted a convoy linked to a Ukrainian state-owned bank.

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