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Tensions Emerge In Hungary Ahead Of Power Transition
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief reporting from Budapest, Hungary
BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Tensions have emerged between Budapest’s progressive mayor Gergely Karácsony and incoming conservative Prime Minister Péter Magyar, underscoring divisions ahead of Hungary’s political transition.
Magyar has strongly criticized Karácsony for planning a festive event on May 8 near Budapest’s Chain Bridge on the Pest side of the Danube, close to the parliament building. He accused the mayor of attempting to draw attention away from the official parliamentary opening session and celebrations scheduled for May 9.
Magyar called it “outright harmful and disrespectful” to organize an event “one day before the national day marking the regime change on May 9, almost at the same location.” On that day, he is expected to be sworn in as prime minister, succeeding current leader Viktor Orbán.
Karácsony, however, defended the initiative, saying the end of what he described as the “Orbán regime” can be marked ahead of the transition in the Hungarian capital. Magyar rejected that view.
“Do you seriously mean that the mayor is organizing a celebration even before the shared national day of regime change on May 9? And by the way, is the bankrupt capital paying for the event, or are you?” Magyar wrote on social media. He earlier urged supporters to gather in large numbers at Kossuth Square in front of parliament on Saturday.
UKRAINE TALKS AND EU BID
Among the issues on his agenda as prime minister will be improving ties with neighboring war-torn Ukraine.
Magyar has signaled a more open stance toward Ukraine’s European Union membership, potentially in exchange for expanded rights for Hungary’s ethnic minority in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also expected to seek an agreement with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico over Kyiv’s efforts to join the EU, after previously opposing such a move.
The issue is expected to be discussed at a European summit in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, as renewed Russian attacks over the weekend left additional casualties in Ukraine.
BUS CRASH IN SLOVAKIA
Fico is expected to attend the gathering, while in Slovakia an investigation is ongoing into a major tourist bus accident in the country’s Banská Bystrica region during a trip from Croatia to Poland.
The crash occurred in the village of Dobra Niva, where the bus left the road and overturned.
Passengers on board included Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, and Slovak nationals.
Authorities said they are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident, the latest in a series of crashes that have underscored broader concerns over infrastructure and road safety across the region.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
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