An egg was thrown toward the stage during Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s speech in Szolnok, but it hit no one, Index reported. The livestream did not clearly show what had been thrown. Two bodyguards appeared behind the prime minister, and shouting from the crowd delayed his return to the speech.
Plain-clothes police later detained a man identified as the person who threw the egg. Index reported that he said he regretted not hitting Magyar in the head and resisted arrest. After a break, Magyar returned to the stage and asked supporters not to direct their anger at the hecklers, linking their conduct to frustration with the country’s former leadership.
The incident comes amid a sharp political confrontation. Magyar’s Tisza party won 141 of the National Assembly’s 199 seats in April, securing a constitutional majority and ending Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power. Magyar became prime minister on May 9. Orbán has called for “national resistance” and accused the new government of yielding to Brussels; Fidesz presents itself as defending Hungarian sovereignty.
Separately, prosecutors have asked parliament to lift Magyar’s immunity in a case involving a phone that ended up in the Danube in 2024. Magyar backed the request, saying he had a clear conscience and describing the case as an attempt to discredit him.
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