Shona Murray: To stop a repeat, the EU must understand how Hungary could hold it hostage

Amid the joy of his election defeat, there is a real possibility that another Viktor Orban can return elsewhere if the EU doesn’t recall its commitment to its own values, laws and principles

Peter Magyar (pictured) has pledged to spare nobody who has colluded with Orban’s hostile takeover of the country, including the Hungarian president, Tamas Sulyok, whom he described in a social media post as 'unworthy', and urged him to resign. Photo: AP/Darko Bandic

Hungarian prime minister-elect, Peter Magyar, has hit the ground running in dismantling the corrupt government of his soon-to-be predecessor Viktor Orban.

Within days of his landslide victory, he has taken aim at every part of the Hungarian state utilised by Orban et al to line the pockets of the government. Or in the case of the judiciary and media, to prevent accountability for the prime minister and his cronies.