PM Péter Magyar outlined major welfare promises, school support payments and plans for economic growth in his first ministerial interview. Meanwhile, tensions and negotiations with the EU are intensifying, Budapest is preparing sweeping traffic changes, and a major railway shutdown in Serbia is disrupting cross-border travel.

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Hungary Weekly Briefing: Magyar’s first official trips to Warsaw and Vienna, and a changing domestic front – 23 May 2026 by The Hungary Insider

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