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Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest

Hungary’s new PM apologises to those wronged under Orbán in first speech

A man delivers a speech at a podium as a Hungarian flag flies in the foreground
Péter Magyar delivers his first speech as prime minister after his inauguration on Saturday. Photograph: Marek Ladzinski/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Moments after he was sworn in as Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar apologised to those who had been maligned by the state during Viktor Orbán’s time in power as questions continue to swirl over what lies ahead for the country as it launches into a new era.

Magyar used his first speech as prime minister on Saturday to address the many in Hungary who had paid a personal price for speaking up about the steady erosion of rights under Orbán and his Fidesz party.

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