If an MEP from Fidesz resigns, the system in Hungary allows Fidesz to pick anyone from the 2024 election list to fill the vacancy — including Viktor Orbán (#63).
Nikolaj Nielsen
Will Viktor Orbán end up as an MEP in the European Parliament to shield himself from investigations at home?
His campaign chief is now set to become an MEP, after a disastrous election result that led to a landslide victory for Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar.
If an MEP from Fidesz resigns, the system in Hungary allows Fidesz to pick anyone from that 2024 list to fill the vacancy, including Orbán (#63).
While all of this is still sheer speculation, it comes at a time when Hungary’s Fidesz party enters into a prolonged period of soul searching.
Orbán, once the dominant figure in Hungarian politics, has since relinquished his parliamentary mandate in the Hungarian National Assembly in Budapest.
Meanwhile, segments of Hungary’s business elite and oligarchs are already distancing themselves from Orbán’s crumbling power circle or leaving the country altogether.
His billionaire son‑in‑law István Tiborcz moved to New York last year. It is now unclear if he will return.
Magyar, in a post, said Orbán-linked oligarchs are also currently transferring tens of billions of forints to the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Uruguay, and other distant countries.
He called on the chief prosecutor, the head of the police and the tax office to “detain the criminals” and not to allow them to flee.
Others, including Orbán’s childhood friend and Hungary’s wealthiest man, Lőrinc Mészáros, are expected to travel to Dubai in the coming days, said Magyar.
And although MEPs benefit from parliamentary immunity, that protection is not absolute and can be lifted under the right circumstances.
Tamás Deutsch, who leads the Fidesz faction in the European Parliament, had his immunity waived earlier this week over a defamation dispute with Magyar’s mother.
To be fair, Deutsch said he wants to go to court over the affair.
