Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap for today!
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar told the European Commission his “top priority” will be to unfreeze the €17bn of frozen EU funds in his early diplomatic engagements following Sunday’s historic win over Viktor Orbán (14:36, 15:50).
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said “there is swift work to be done to restore, realign and reform” Hungarian institutions as part of a change of the regime.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed the opposition win in Hungary as “the victory of light over darkness,” as he called for “pragmatic, friendly” relations with the new administration (13:45).
Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz also welcomed Péter Magyar’s decisive victory, saying it would have “implications for our support for Ukraine” (14:30).
Magyar is set to make a rare appearance on the Hungarian state media on Wednesday as he prepares to overhaul the broadcasters ending years of what he said was Orbán-friendly coverage (12:56).
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