Eastern Europe Edition

Magyar Takes Over Hungary With Fresh Plan for Euro Adoption and Ending Cronyism

Election winner Peter Magyar vows to fix economy and nix cronyism in new era for Hungary.
Hungarians celebrate Peter Magyar’s election victory in Budapest on April 12.Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

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In his first explosive interview with Viktor Orban’s state-run media, Hungary’s election winner Peter Magyar divulged a crucial detail about the future of the heavily centralized economy: he would claw back the shares in public companies that had been parked with an Orban-aligned foundation.