Hungary's incoming PM Péter Magyar said he plans to visit Brussels in a bid to get billions in frozen EU funds unlocked as he vows to restore system of checks and balances,
Euronews reports.
Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the country will once again be a strong European and NATO ally as he vowed to restore its place in Europe.
Magyar was speaking in central Budapest in front of thousands of supporters after securing a landslide victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz Party.
"Hungary will once again be a strong ally representing Hungarian interests, because our country's place is in Europe," Magyar said.
He added that his first foreign trips will be to Warsaw and Vienna, after which he will visit Brussels in a bid to persuade the EU to unlock billions of euros in frozen funds.
"We will bring home the EU funds that are due to the Hungarian people," he said.
To this end, he promised to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the body which investigates transnational and complex financial crimes.
"We will restore the system of checks and balances. We will join the European Public Prosecutor's Office. We guarantee the democratic functioning of our country."
Magyar also called on Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok to resign immediately after asking him to form a government. He sent the same message to other state leaders appointed by Viktor Orbán. During the campaign, Tisza accused those officials of representing party interests.
"I call on the President of the Republic to immediately ask the winner to form a government and then leave office. I call on all the puppets who have been in power for the past 16 years to do the same," he said.
