Hungarian PM Magyar Backs Orban on Migration, Calls 2015 Crisis Response “Correct”

Péter Magyar, who recently secured a strong election victory and ended Viktor Orban’s long-standing two-thirds parliamentary dominance since 2010, has begun shaping his government’s early foreign and domestic direction through visits to Berlin and Paris, where he met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron. In remarks published in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Magyar indicated that despite harsh criticism of Orban during the campaign over corruption allegations, EU policy obstruction, and ties with Russia, his government would not significantly overturn the previous administration’s core policy framework. On migration, Magyar emphasized a strict and consistent approach, stating: “My government will pursue a very strict and consistent policy on illegal migration....