Hungarian President Resists Magyar's Calls to Quit, News Site Reports
Source: US News & World Report/Reuters
May 18, 2026, at 5:00 a.m.
May 18 (Reuters) - Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok resisted calls from new Prime Minister Peter Magyar to quit in an interview published on Monday, saying there was no justification for his resignation.
Magyar's TISZA party ousted former leader Viktor Orban's Fidesz party in an election landslide in April, ending its 16-year rule and promising to tackle rule of law issues and other reforms at the heart of disputes between Budapest and the European Union. Calling the election a "vote for a change of regime", Magyar has been ramping up pressure on the Fidesz-backed Sulyok and other officials to quit by the end of May.
"There is currently no legal reason or constitutional justification that could justify my resignation," Sulyok told Index.hu. "I remain faithful to my oath, and as long as the exercise of my office is not impossible, I intend to fulfil the mandate I have undertaken."
The president's role in Hungary is largely ceremonial, although Sulyok can refer laws back to parliament for reconsideration or forward legislation to the Constitutional Court, potentially hampering Magyar's reform drive. Magyar has called for the resignations of Sulyok and other "puppets" appointed under Orban, whose policies put the government in regular spats with the EU executive, holding up funds from the bloc.
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This guy doesn't want to go quietly in the night.