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Hungary’s new prime minister sworn in

Newshour

BBC

News, Daily News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The new Hungarian prime minister, Péter Magyar, has given his first speech after being sworn into office. Addressing a square full of supporters waving Hungarian and EU flags, he vowed to 'change the government and the system', and end what he called 'decades of drifting'.

Also in the programme: Russia celebrates Victory Day; and a novel set during a turbulent time in Taiwanese history is shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

(Photo: Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Peter Magyar (C) attends the Tisza Party's all-day 'regime change public celebration' event in Budapest, Hungary, 09 May 2026. CREDIT: TAMAS VASVARI/EPA/Shutterstock)

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.

0:09.5

Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

0:13.9

We're coming to you live from our studio in central London.

0:18.1

I'm Liz Doucette.

0:19.8

And today we start in Budapest. I'm Maguhr-Pater, Fogadom, that Hungary has a new prime minister, Petemajor, took the oath of office today. The pro-Europe conservative has ended the 16-year rule of his nationalist predecessor, Victor Orban.

0:42.9

There was a buzz inside Parliament, whereas Tissap Party now has two-thirds of the seats,

0:48.4

and thousands of Hungarians gathered outside to watch the ceremony on huge screens,

0:55.1

waving Hungarian and European flags,

0:58.0

daring to believe in his promises of sweeping change,

1:01.6

from tackling corruption, restoring accountability,

1:04.9

and repairing relations with Europe.

1:07.7

Mr. Marjor calls it regime change.

1:10.4

He addressed Parliament and then stepped outside to speak to the crowds.

1:16.6

Take it with you. Take this day with you as a memory and remember this day for your whole life.

1:26.4

One day you will show it to your children, to your grandchildren, that this is how it was.

1:33.4

This is how it was in 2006, the first day of the Free and Democratic Hungary.

1:42.0

And then the celebration began.

1:44.4

Crowds cheered as Zold Hegutus, the leading candidate for health minister,

1:49.3

danced his now famous steps.

1:51.3

They went viral on social media in front of the public.

2:05.6

You can't hear to describe that on the radio. But let's go live to Budapestan to speak to our correspondent, Nick Thorpe.

2:10.2

Nick is the party, the parties still going on?

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