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Serbian President Vučić erupts at Péter Magyar: name the ‘godfather’ and don’t investigate!
Aleksandar Vučić, the Serbian president and long-time ally of outgoing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, has taken umbrage not at that friendship, but at claims by Hungary’s prime minister-in-waiting, Péter Magyar. Magyar levelled serious accusations about the Orbán-Vučić relationship, the Serbia-Hungary-Slovakia axis, and the shadowy “godfather” pulling the strings behind it.
Serbia-Hungary-Slovakia pact: who is the godfather?
Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party, which secured a two-thirds majority in Sunday’s election, fielded journalists’ questions for nearly three hours at yesterday’s international press conference. The Serbia-Hungary-Slovakia ties came under scrutiny: these rest on the chummy relations between three populist leaders: Serbia’s President Vučić, Hungary’s departing Orbán, and Slovakia’s Robert Fico.
In Brussels, Bratislava and Budapest have routinely backed Russian interests. Leaked phone recordings expose this: Hungarian-Slovak efforts reportedly scrubbed relatives of sanctioned Russian oligarchs from EU blacklists, with scant national interest discernible for either Budapest or Bratislava.
Serbia’s cosy ties with Moscow are well known, though Vučić has long sought to loosen them: his country covets EU membership despite the 1990s conflicts.
At the press conference, Magyar declared he knows exactly who orchestrates this Serbia-Hungary-Slovakia alliance, though he withheld the name from reporters.
Vučić fired back in an interview on Serbian state television: “He says he knows who’s behind the Orbán, Fico, and Vučić connections. So I ask him: who is it? Come on, answer! … He hasn’t a clue, but hints it might be Putin. Were I not concerned for Hungary’s ethnic minorities here and our bilateral ties, I’d call his remarks foolish and reckless”, Euronews wrote.
Second outburst at Magyar: hands off the investigation!
Magyar also weighed in on the alleged planned bombing of the TurkStream pipeline section. He did not dismiss its plausibility, vowing his government would probe it.
Vučić snapped again: “This isn’t his country to investigate. We’ll conduct our own inquiry and brief Magyar. We’ll show he was wrong to swallow tabloid nonsense,” according to the Blikk. The president added there are plentiful red herrings, but noted a call from a Pristina number to an embassy.
Loyalty to Orbán
“I stand by my friends through thick and thin; I don’t disown them. That’s what sets great men apart from the small,” Vučić said of his bond with Orbán.
He had earlier congratulated Magyar on X (formerly Twitter): “I believe in continued good cooperation between Hungary and Serbia, and I thank Viktor Orbán for enabling such ties.”
Pásztor Bálint, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, also offered congratulations, but stressed that Vojvodina’s Hungarians backed Fidesz almost unanimously with some 60,000 postal votes, thanking Orbán for years of support.
If you missed our previous articles concerning the 2026 general elections:
- Hungary’s Orbán ousted after 16 years as Péter Magyar claims stunning election victory: world leaders react
- Who will Péter Magyar sack first as Hungary’s new premier? The first hit list already revealed
I wonder why Peter Magyar would think such a thing. Let’s see. In the past year or so Fico, Orban and Vucic all made trips to Moscow. To meet with whom? The Pope?
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To maintain good diplomatic relations and keep the oil/Gas flowing, that’s what a mature statesman would do.
I have said numerous times that I do not think that Magyar has the personality that would make him a good premier, but, rather, a radio personality or a heavy metal singer.
That said, I, too, have been in the position of The Hungarians, as I have supported President Trump 3 times, and he is just as cranky, haughty, and thin-skinned as Magyar Péter.
As of this writing, my president has, in recent months, managed to piss off practically every component of his coalition’
Russia will gladly sell oil and gas to even Ukraine, as long as their cheques don’t bounce. Revenue from sales is absolutely critical for both their war effort as well as keeping their sclerotic, lop-sided economy afloat. They cannot afford to be fussy. You could insult Putin to his face and he’d happily deliver whatever the heck you ordered, as long as he’s confident that you’ll pay the invoice.
Magyar is famous for picking fights with everyone. Very promising!
Yes, Dear Géza – picking fights, when the leader of a little country, will not be a good habit.
Orbán Viktor weaponized his affability for Hungary’s benefit.
I hope Magyar does not destroy the good work that Orbán did in constructing perhaps the best relationship the Serbs and Hungarians have ever had.
As to ‘the Godfather’ it is just as much Xi, who is the ‘”godfather’ of these 2 countries, as it is V. Putin – perhaps even more so.
Great to see Magyar getting into action and working for restoring EU ties and taking distance from war-mongering Russia and Russian allies like Serbia. Magyar is good at mending the EU relations that Orban crumbled to pieces by picking up fights with EU. This is what majority of us Hungarians want – to maintain good diplomatic ties with EU. We want to be Europeans with European liberal values.
Attacking a sovereign country and starting a bloody war is simply wrong and therefore Russia should not be supported by continuing business as usual, just like EU has decided. I hope Magyar will soon get to start negotiations for alternate energy providers. Not going to be quick and easy for sure, Fidesz drove us so deep into the Russian hands, and did it against the Hungarian peoples will.