Hungary's premier Peter Magyar confronts raid on opposition party and spitting attack

Prosecutors in Hungary's Bács‑Kiskun county carried out a raid on the headquarters of the opposition FIDES party, seizing its servers without prior notice. The raid is part of an investigation into alleged misuse of more than 17 billion forints (about $54 million) from the National Cultural Fund. FIDES, led by former prime minister Viktor Orbán, condemned the operation as political intimidation after Orbán's party lost power to Peter Magyar's TISZA movement in April 2026.

On 22 July 2026, during a presentation of a railway‑development programme at Budapest's Nyugati station, a man approached Premier Peter Magyar and spat at him. Security personnel detained the attacker; no official statement on an arrest was released. The incident was widely shared on social media.

Both events highlight the heightened political tensions in Hungary as Magyar's new government pursues anti‑corruption reforms and seeks to restore relations with the European Union.