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Hungary Parliament Sets 8-Year PM Term Limit, Bars Orban

6/15/2026

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Hungary’s parliament approved an amendment that limits any prime minister to eight years, with a majority of 135 votes for, 50 against and six abstentions, thereby blocking leader Viktor Orban from returning.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who defeated Orban in April, championed the reform as part of his pro-EU agenda.
Orban’s Fidesz party called the limit a restriction on will, noting that Hungarian law allows the amendment without a referendum.

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Hungary’s parliament approved an amendment that limits any prime minister to eight years, with a majority of 135 votes for, 50 against and six abstentions, thereby blocking leader Viktor Orban from returning.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who defeated Orban in April, championed the reform as part of his pro-EU agenda.
Orban’s Fidesz party called the limit a restriction on will, noting that Hungarian law allows the amendment without a referendum.