"We Will Determine the Content": Magyar's Remarks Spark Press Freedom Concerns

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has caused a huge uproar after declaring in parliament that his centrist, pro-Brussels government will determine the future content of the conservative weekly Mandiner once it returns to state ownership under newly adopted constitutional changes.

Responding to criticism from conservative Fidesz MP Balázs Orbán during a parliamentary debate on Monday, June 15th, the prime minister said:

I understand that it hurts you that the joke newspaper Mandiner will now return to the state, and we will be its owners; we will have to determine the content that will appear there.