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Hungary to limit prime ministers to maximum eight-year terms

Hungary to limit prime ministers to maximum eight-year terms Hungary’s new government, led by Péter

Hungary's MPs block return of Orbán, limiting rule of PM to eight years

limits a prime minister's term in office to eight years, fulfilling a promise by Péter Magyar to prevent Viktor Orbán becoming prime minister again. Orbán led Hungary

EU officials arrive in Hungary for high-stakes talks with Magyar’s government

Hungary’s parliament. He also reiterated a campaign pledge to impose term limits on prime ministers

Orbán's era was over in a flash and Hungary's next PM is a man in a hurry

limit the number of terms a prime minister can serve to two. Viktor Orbán has already served five. If that goes through, Magyar could slam the door on Orbán's return. It was not until

Hungarian PM threatens to oust Orbán-era president

prime minister has said the government will amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok after he refused to stand down. Péter Magyar pledged to remove Sulyok and other key figures appointed by his predecessor

Hungarian MPs approve PM limits to block potential return of Orban

limiting prime ministerial terms to eight years. The reform effectively prevents former longtime leader [Viktor Orban](/news/2026/6/13/hungarys-former-pm-orban-re-elected-party-leader-despite-election-loss) from a potential return to power. Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of the amendment on Monday, despite opposition

Does Viktor Orbán’s defeat signal a wider backlash against ‘the forces of darkness’?

limited re-set to secure the release of €17bn in frozen EU funds for [Hungary](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hungary), the constructive approach his stated plan implies could be transformational. --- **Bad news for Russia** ![Péter Magyar holds

Hungary’s voters shunned Orbán – but it may be too early to celebrate end of Europe’s far right

prime minister, [Viktor Orbán](https://www.theguardian.com/world/viktor-orban), after 16 years in office was evidence that the world was “not condemned to authoritarian and corrupt governments”. Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, also believes the two-thirds

Brexit may be back, but Britain needs to know what it wants

limited period is bogged down in disagreements over [whether EU students should be charged UK “home”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/youth-mobility-scheme-disagreement-hampering-reset-uk-eu-relations) or international tuition fees. UK integration into Europe’s electricity market has been held

What one country's experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates

prime minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán embarked on some of the most ambitious pronatalist policies in the world - paying people to have, or promise to have, children. Hungary's fertility is well below the replacement