Szijjártó will be part of the new Hungarian parliament
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who will soon step down from his post, will retain his seat in the new session of the Hungarian National Assembly. He will thus continue his political career as a member of the Hungarian Parliament.
According to the results of the April 12 elections, the Fidesz party of Hungary’s incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in coalition with the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP), won 52 seats in the 199-seat parliament.
Orbán’s party will hold 44 seats in the National Assembly, one of which will go to Foreign Minister Szijjártó.
As minister, Szijjártó was known for his anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian rhetoric.
Szijjártó criticized Ukraine’s briefing for diplomats regarding the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Szijjártó criticizedstatements regarding Ukraine’s role in European security.
Hungary rejects Paris’s decision on the war — Szijjártó.
Hungary will send the lowest-level delegation to the conference on reparations for Ukraine.
Dispute over Orbán: theforeign ministers of Poland and Hungary exchanged sharp statements.
