Hungary Election Winner Magyar Expects to Form Government by Mid-May

BUDAPEST, April ⁠15 (Reuters) – ⁠Election winner ⁠Peter Magyar said ​on Wednesday that President ‌Tamas Sulyok would ‌ask ⁠him ⁠at the inaugural session of parliament ​to form Hungary’s next government, which ​could be sworn in ⁠by ⁠the middle ⁠of next ​month or somewhat sooner.

“The President ​has ⁠informed me that he will ask me ⁠at the inaugural session of the ⁠new parliament to be Prime Minister and form a government, as the leader of the party that ⁠got the most votes,” Magyar said after meeting Sulyok.

(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs)

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