Jan 16, 2025 · “IF IT KEEPS ON RAINING, [the] levee’s going to break”—these lines from Led Zeppelin’s classic could be used to convey the strain Viktor Orbán’s regime has come under since Péter Magyar emerged out of nowhere to reconfigure Hungarian politics.

May 27, 2024 · Peter Magyar a rising political newcomer in Hungary is seeking to capitalize on a political crisis for the country’s long-serving prime minister, Viktor Orban, and build a movement to challenge the leader in upcoming EU elections and beyond.

May 5, 2024 · Péter Magyar, a rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addresses people at a campaign rally in the rural city of Debrecen, Hungary, on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Magyar, whose TISZA party is running in European Union elections, has managed to mobilize large crowds of supporters on a campaign tour of Hungary’s heartland, a ...

Jun 17, 2024 · Peter Magyar, a conservative who was once a well-connected figure in the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has become an unexpected leader of the country’s opposition.

Mar 27, 2024 · Magyar on Tuesday released a recording that he claims proves senior officials in the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban manipulated court documents to cover up their involvement in a corruption case.

Jun 12, 2024 · In Hungary, Peter Magyar, a former diplomat and ex-member of the ruling Fidesz party, won nearly 30% of the vote in the European elections after a campaign that lasted just a few weeks.

Dec 5, 2024 · Just eight months after Péter Magyar launched the public movement that became the center-right Tisza Party, recent polls show him ahead of Viktor Orbán’s own populist force, Fidesz. | Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA-EFE

Mar 26, 2024 · On Tuesday, after weeks of attacking Orbán online and in public, Magyar released a tape of his ex-wife Varga apparently incriminating members of Orbán’s inner circle in a corruption scandal.

Jan 10, 2025 · Péter Magyar, the opposition challenger to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, said in an interview he would keep Hungary firmly anchored in the European Union and NATO if he wins elections due in ...

Jun 20, 2024 · That man is a 43-year-old political phenom named Péter Magyar. Thanks to Magyar, Orbán’s party, Fidesz, suffered its worst showing ever in elections for the European Parliament earlier this month. The significance of what happened can easily be overlooked because Fidesz still achieved the highest voter share of all parties at 45 percent.