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Hungary's new PM Magyar sworn in after landslide victory over Orbán

www.bbc.com·Nick Thorpe·23 days ago
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I will serve - not rule over Hungary, says new PM 16 hours ago Nick Thorpe Budapest correspondent AFP via Getty Images Peter Magyar was sworn in on Saturday, almost a month after he won a landslide victory in Hungary's election. Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary - I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament. Tisza holds 141 seats out of 199 in the new parliament - up from zero, a result of the party being founded just two years ago. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a "celebration of freedom and democracy" outside parliament in Budapest, along the shores of the Danube. Magyar has told Hungarians to step through the "gateway of regime change". Orbán's Fidesz party crumbled from 135 to 52 seats, and shows signs of imploding.…

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