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What's Next for Hungary With Orban Out?
Christopher Smart, Founder & Managing Partner at Arbroath Group, discusses politics in Hungary as a newly-elected Prime Minister takes the reins. He also discusses the ongoing conflict in Iran, and what next steps may be now that the latest round of peace talks between Iran and the US have failed.
Peter Magyar accused outgoing Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto of destroying documents related to European Union sanctions as he pledged to put an end to the country’s cozy ties with Russia.
The incoming prime minister and winner of the election said he had reports that Szijjarto was destroying documents at the foreign ministry in Budapest. He made the claims at a news conference on Monday, where Magyar said he’d work constructively with Brussels and unlock more than $20 billion in EU funds, which he called a priority.
Magyar has said Hungary’s historic election, in which voters turned out in record numbers, was a mandate to steer Hungary back in the European fold.
“We understand he turned up at the foreign ministry at 10 a.m this morning,” he said of Szijjarto. “The ministry where Russian hackers were let into the computer systems, and they are shredding documents relating to sanctions.”
“That won’t be enough” to stop crimes being investigated, Magyar said.
The pro-Kremlin foreign minister had become the face of Orban’s close relations with President Vladimir Putin, having traveled to Moscow more than a dozen times since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
During the election campaign, leaked transcripts of phone calls showed Szijjarto had volunteered to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov his services to dilute EU sanctions against Russia.
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Published Apr 13, 2026
