Europe Looks For Reset With Hungary After Magyar's Stunning Victory
Europe Looks For Reset With Hungary After Magyar's Stunning Victory
Europe Looks For Reset With Hungary After Magyar's Big Win
Just hours after election results showed opposition leader Peter Magyar scored a landslide victory to end the rule of Viktor Orban, the man slated to become Hungary's next leader said there's "no time...
Many hope that the stumbling blocks Orban erected will be removed, though there is also concern that Magyar, once a staunch loyalist of the defeated prime minister who split over anti-corruption concerns, won’t play ball all the time.
The main thing Magyar will try to focus on in Brussels is, after all, not foreign policy. It’s to unblock some 18 billion euros ($21 billion) that the EU has frozen in recent years due to what is perceived as democratic backsliding in the country during the Orban years.