Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar touts reforms in first 50 days of Tisza government

Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced that the Tisza government has secured roughly 6,000 billion forints (about €15.8 billion) of EU funding. He said inflation is at its lowest level in years and the forint has reached its strongest rate in five years, while state‑debt financing costs and fuel prices have fallen.

The administration launched what it calls the strongest anti‑corruption operation in history, dubbed “Operation Clean Fire,” and will shortly establish a National Asset Recovery and Defence Office. Other measures include limiting the premier’s mandate to eight years, reducing salaries for parliamentarians and ministers, and earmarking at least 50 billion forints in savings from budget‑line cuts.

Enforcement actions on foreign‑currency loans and related evictions have been halted, and investigations into major irregularities of the former NER regime have begun. The government restored Hungary’s participation in the Visegrad Group, secured language and cultural rights for the Carpathian Hungarian minority, and announced reforms to make public media more independent, ban hateful political advertising, join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and remain a full member of the International Criminal Court. Additional initiatives include a wealth tax, a school‑start support program, and the public release of communist‑era informant files. Magyar concluded that order, peace and security now prevail and that most Hungarians feel the country is moving in the right direction.