Can Hungary's new PM Magyar remove the Orbán loyalist president? | DW News
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as posted by the channelWeeks after Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power ended in a bitter election defeat, Hungary is heading into a fresh constitutional standoff. New Prime Minister Péter Magyar wants to remove the president, whom he characterises as one of Orbán's loyalists, and has vowed to dismantle the entrenched, illiberal network of cronyism Orbán built, going as far as changing the constitution to do so. The president may yet find support from the Supreme Court. Analyst Kim Lane Scheppele joins to ask: is this the break with the past Hungarian voters hoped for - or a threat to the rule of law?
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