Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at planned pro-Europe reforms in Hungary, the prospects of an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in Lebanon, and Poland bolstering ties with Japan and South Korea.

Removing Orban’s ‘Puppets’

Just days after Hungary’s opposition Tisza party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, Tisza leader and now Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar called on Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok to immediately resign upon the formation of a new government. Sulyok “is unworthy of representing the unity of the Hungarian nation,” Magyar wrote on X on Wednesday above a photo of them meeting at Budapest’s Sandor Palace. “He is unfit to serve as the guardian of legality. He is not fit to serve as a moral authority or a role model.”

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at planned pro-Europe reforms in Hungary, the prospects of an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in Lebanon, and Poland bolstering ties with Japan and South Korea.

Removing Orban’s ‘Puppets’

Just days after Hungary’s opposition Tisza party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, Tisza leader and now Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar called on Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok to immediately resign upon the formation of a new government. Sulyok “is unworthy of representing the unity of the Hungarian nation,” Magyar wrote on X on Wednesday above a photo of them meeting at Budapest’s Sandor Palace. “He is unfit to serve as the guardian of legality. He is not fit to serve as a moral authority or a role model.”

Hungary’s Tisza party won more than two-thirds of parliamentary seats over the weekend, ending far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule as head of government with the populist Fidesz party. Although Magyar is not expected to take office until after Hungary’s parliament resumes its first post-election session, which must occur before May 12, the center-right, pro-Europe politician has already used his sweeping popularity to outline what he wants the first few months of his rule to look like.

One of Magyar’s biggest priorities is removing what he called the “puppets and pillars” of Orban’s regime. “They should leave of their own volition rather than wait for us to fire them because we will fire them,” Magyar said during his victory speech late Sunday. Specifically, Magyar has threatened to amend the country’s constitution to force Sulyok and other Orban-appointed officials........

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