In Hungary, the newly elected parliament gathered for its inaugural session on May 9, the new Hungarian government headed by Peter Magyar was sworn in and officially begins work.
This was reported by the authors of the Hungarian portal 444.
On Saturday, May 9, the new Hungarian parliament, elected in the elections on April 12, gathered for its first session. As is known, the opposition Tisza party now has an absolute majority in it.
The new Hungarian government, led by Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, has been sworn in and is officially taking office.
After the oath, Magyar delivered his first speech in parliament.
He noted that the new government had received a mandate from the Hungarian people to "open a new chapter" in the country's life, that Hungary now seeks "a freer, more humane, more hopeful era," and that the new government promises to ensure that "what unites us is stronger than what divides us."
The square in front of the parliament is reportedly packed with people who have come to celebrate the end of the "Orbán era."
Earlier on Saturday, the parliament elected Tisza representative Ágnes Forsthoffer as speaker, as well as deputy speakers, almost all of whom are Tisza representatives, one from the now opposition Fidesz party, one from the Christian Democratic People's Party KDNP, and one from the far-right MI Hazánk.
One of the new speaker's first decisions was to return the EU flag to the parliament building - for the first time in 12 years.
The previous long-serving prime minister, Viktor Orbán, was absent from the inaugural session; former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó was in the room.
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