Hungary’s PM-elect questions media bias, subsidy use in Serbia

The winner of the parliamentary elections and Hungary’s future prime minister, Peter Magyar, announced that he told the president of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM), Bálint Pásztor, that the Hungarian national minority in Serbia can count on Budapest’s support.

Magyar wrote on the social network X that he hosted Pásztor and “emphasized that our Hungarian brothers and sisters in Vojvodina can continue to rely on the support of the motherland,” CE Report quotes FENA.

“The rights gained under the rule of Tisza (Magyar’s party) will be preserved, and in further strengthening Hungarian-Serbian relations, the main focus will be on further improving the situation of Hungarians in Serbia and maintaining their well-being in their homeland,” he stated.

He added that he told Pásztor that the government led by Tisza would examine the use of Hungarian subsidies over the past 10 years, “and we will also investigate electoral abuses related to voting by mail.”

Magyar noted that he expects from Pásztor “fundamental changes in transparency and efficiency in the use of funds from the motherland, and we will not accept that Hungarian media in Vojvodina operating with such support and controlled by SVM broadcast propaganda of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz,” the post said.

The future Hungarian prime minister also stated that he did not receive a satisfactory explanation as to how it was possible that Tisza, as the strongest Hungarian party, was mentioned only twice in two years on the Subotica-based television channel Pannon RTV.

“I also find it unacceptable that the same TV station reported on my election night speech in such a way that, following political instructions, they cut out the part of the speech in which I addressed our Hungarian brothers and sisters abroad,” he pointed out.

Magyar added that he “gladly accepted the invitation from the president (Pásztor)” for a visit to Vojvodina, which he plans for the summer.

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