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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

New Hungarian PM tells president to ‘leave office now’ in scathing attack – minutes after posing with him for a picture

Incoming Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar coolly ramped up pressure on the country’s president to resign on Wednesday, moments after being asked to form a government.

Magyar, 45, shared a picture of himself alongside president Dr Tamas Sulyok, standing in front of the flags of Hungary and the European Union with their hands crossed at the Sándor Palace.

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