Szijjártó, Hungary’s long-serving foreign minister, is in the news after resigning from Parliament to join BYD as an executive, prompting scrutiny of a foreign investment.
The pro-European government has dismantled parts of the prior administration, suspended state media services, and pushed a constitutional amendment to remove the Orbán-era president, setting a 12-year term limit for MPs. Protests and investigations accompany the shift as Hungary charts a new political course.