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Parliament elects Tamás Sulyok as president
Tamás Sulyok, who was the sole candidate for the post, received 134 votes of 139 valid ballots, with 5 lawmakers voting against him.
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Parliament to elect Hungary’s new head of state today
Presidential candidates must be backed by one-fifth of MPs to be eligible.
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Fidesz-KDNP nominates Tamás Sulyok for president and Tamás Deutsch for EP election list leader
The announcements were made by parliamentary group leaders Máté Kocsis (Fidesz) and István Simicskó (KDNP) during a press briefing in Balatonalmádi, following a meeting between the governing parties’ parliamentary groups.
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Hungary backs Poland’s call for presidential election in Belarus to be repeated with international monitoring
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday said the election should be rerun with international observers monitoring the polls.
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PM Orbán congratulates Aleksandar Vučić on Serbian presidency and hopes for a more stable Balkans region
PM Orbán expressed the hope that the successful Serbian-Hungarian strategic relations witnessed in recent years will continue to develop under Vučić's leadership