Hungary's new PM to be sworn in during 'regime change' party
Key takeaways
- Nick Thorpe Budapest correspondent Reuters.
- 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.
- A big "celebration of freedom and democracy" is planned on Saturday in front of parliament in Budapest, along the shores of the Danube.
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Nick Thorpe Budapest correspondent Reuters. It was almost a month ago that Péter Magyar's party won a landslide victory in Hungary's election Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is set to be sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.
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.
A big "celebration of freedom and democracy" is planned on Saturday in front of parliament in Budapest, along the shores of the Danube. Magyar has told Hungarians to step through the "gateway of regime change".