Magyar demands Hungarian president step down or else be removed by force

Published April 15, 2026 12:44pm ET



Hungary’s incoming head of government so despises the nation’s head of state that he is ordering him to step down, or else face expulsion.

Incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who clinched an electoral victory over long-standing premier Viktor Orbán on Sunday, believes Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok is “unworthy of representing the unity of the Hungarian nation” due to his association with the outgoing leader.

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