Hungary lifts PM Peter Magyar’s immunity, clears way for probes into 2 former Orban ministers
Prime Minister Peter Magyar has backed the move himself. Two former ministers who served under his rival Viktor Orban now face separate corruption probes.
Hungary's parliament has lifted Prime Minister Peter Magyar's immunity from prosecution, paving the way for investigations into him and two former ministers from Viktor Orban's government. The votes, which passed 139-0, clear the way for probes into Magyar and opposition lawmakers Balazs Hanko and Miklos Sesztak, who face separate allegations.
Magyar, whose center-right Tisza party came to power in April, had previously called for lawmakers to lift his immunity. Prosecutors are investigating a 2024 incident where Magyar allegedly took a mobile phone from a man filming him at a Budapest nightclub and threw it into the Danube, a case he has described as a "farce" and accused prosecutors of trying to link to corruption allegations against former Orban government members.
Hanko, now a Fidesz lawmaker, is being investigated over alleged misuse of public money from Hungary's National Cultural Fund, while Sesztak, a KDNP lawmaker, faces a separate investigation concerning alleged bribes linked to contracts involving the state-owned bus company Volanbusz.
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