Hungary 's new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar , has made a symbolic gesture of democratic renewal, personally removing fencing around a historic Budapest building that once served as the office of his autocratic predecessor, Viktor Orbán . The Karmelita, a former Catholic monastery on Budapest 's Castle Hill, had become a potent symbol of Mr Orbán’s rule after being controversially cordoned off in 2021. Mr Magyar announced the building would now be open to the public, declaring: "There is no place for cordons in Hungary after the change of regime." He added that such institutions were built "from the money of the Hungarian taxpayers and made so beautiful with those funds." This action follows his centre-right Tisza party's landslide victory in April, which secured a two-thirds majority, ending Mr Orbán’s 16-year tenure. Mr Magyar has pledged to restore democratic institutions and governmental checks and balances, which he claims were severely eroded, alongside a commitment to tackle alleged corruption.…