Having resigned this week from Parliament, Péter Szijjártó enters a new role at BYD as Hungary’s government faces renewed scrutiny over a foreign investment linked to his former office.
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.