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Hungary’s incoming PM seeks Polish help to renew EU relations

Hungary’s incoming PM seeks Polish help to renew EU relations The Hungarian election winner, Péter Magyar

EU decides on key €90bn Ukraine loan after pipeline deadlock ends

EU, bringing to an end his 16-year era as Hungarian prime minister. Hungary's next leader, Péter Magyar, has prioritised a reset in Budapest's poor relations

New Hungarian PM’s voters want action on climate and LGBTQ+ rights, poll finds

Péter Magyar and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. Nearly 80% of respondents to the poll said they expected the new government to improve relations with the EU. Photograph: Geert Vanden

Eurosceptic Radev poised for majority in Bulgarian election – Europe live

relations in recent months, and if confirmed, he suggested that he would be ready to drop the Hungarian block on the EU’s €90bn loan for Ukraine – even before **Péter Magyar** gets in in early

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

Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, said at his election press conference he [hoped Britain would one day return](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/13/hungary-peter-magyar-viktor-orban-trump-russia-ukraine-iran-eu-europe-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69dcf5d68f080251b73be889#block-69dcf5d68f080251b73be889). French foreign minister [Jean-Noël Barrot said Britain would be met “with

EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

Péter Magyar, in elections on 12 April, accused [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine) of deliberately delaying repairs to the Druzhba pipeline which carries oil to Hungary and Slovakia, both of which are heavily dependent on Russian

Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds

Hungary last year in the run-up to the 12 April elections this year, which [Orbán lost to challenger Péter Magyar](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/viktor-orban-concedes-defeat-as-opposition-wins-hungarian-election). In Slovakia, too, Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) was “at this

‘A defeat for Putin’: Ukrainians hope Magyar’s victory will mark new era with Hungary

Péter Magyar won Hungary’s election last weekend, [ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/viktor-orban-concedes-defeat-as-opposition-wins-hungarian-election). “We were euphoric. Everyone was following the results closely. There were toasts,” said Kupchak

Hungary's next PM says frozen EU funds will be paid out soon

Péter Magyar, 45, is not due to be sworn in until 9 May, but he has promised to hit the ground running. Two days after his election victory he was already on the phone

Orbán associates rush to move wealth out of Hungary after election defeat

Magyar [told reporters](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/peter-magyar-vows-to-pursue-those-who-plundered-hungary-after-election-win) the day after the election. “We became the most impoverished and the most corrupt country in the EU.” The incoming leader has repeatedly alleged that potentially incriminating documents

Hungary to limit prime ministers to maximum eight-year terms

Péter Magyar, has put forward a constitutional amendment that would limit prime ministers to a maximum of eight years in office, in effect barring [Viktor Orbán](https://www.theguardian.com/world/viktor-orban) from returning to the role

Hungary's new PM to be sworn in during 'regime change' party

Péter Magyar, is set to be sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. Tisza holds 141 seats