# Hungary's parliament moves to amend constitution to remove Orbán-allied President Tamás Sulyok
> Hungary's National Assembly, where Prime Minister Péter Magyar's coalition holds a two-thirds majority, moved on July 13 to rewrite the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok, a 70-year-old ally of former PM Viktor Orbán; Magyar has repeatedly called Sulyok unworthy of office for failing to challenge Orbán's governance abuses; critics warned the constitutional overhaul risks entrenching Magyar's own power

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-13 · heads: 谁说了算, 什么崩了 · 3 takes · 3 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

Hungary's National Assembly began amending the Basic Law on July 13 to remove President Tamás Sulyok, who was appointed during the [Viktor Orbán (Hungary)](/zh/n/viktor-orban-dossier) era. Prime Minister Péter Magyar, whose coalition commands the two-thirds constitutional supermajority needed to rewrite the Basic Law, called Sulyok "unworthy of the post" for not challenging Orbán-era governance abuses. Both Euronews (pan-European) and Prism (South Caucasus democracy tracker) noted that Magyar is using the same constitutional engineering tools Orbán deployed for 12 years, raising concern among Hungarian civil society about a new consolidation of power under the new administration.

## Why it matters

Hungary's two-thirds parliamentary majority can rewrite the constitution without a referendum. Whether Magyar uses this power to restore rule-of-law protections or to entrench his own administration will be a central test for Hungary's EU standing and for the disbursement of previously frozen EU funds tracked in [欧盟在马扎尔政府满足改革条件后向匈牙利解冻164亿欧元资金](/zh/n/hungary-eu-funds-unlocked-2026).

## What to watch

- When the National Assembly finalises the constitutional amendment and whether a replacement president is named quickly.
- EU and European Commission assessment of the process and any effect on Hungary's recovery and resilience plan.
- Whether Fidesz challenges the amendment in Hungary's Constitutional Court, and the court's composition following Magyar's changes.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### pan-European, EU rule-of-law framing
- **Euronews** (Belgium / pan-European, en) — Framed Magyar as removing an Orbán-era ally while flagging fears of a new power grab; gave context on how the two-thirds supermajority enables constitutional amendments without a referendum; cited Magyar's accusation that Sulyok failed to stand up to Orbán's attacks on the rule of law.
  > "Magyar repeatedly called on Sulyok to resign, branding the 70-year-old unworthy of the post for failing to stand up to Orbán's divisive rhetoric and attacks on the rule of law."
  Source: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/13/hungarian-mps-set-to-change-constitution-to-remove-orban-allied-president-tamas-sulyok

### South Caucasus and Eastern Europe democracy tracker
- **Prism** (Georgia / South Caucasus, en) — Focused on the procedural mechanism: Magyar is using the same supermajority constitutional engineering that [[viktor-orban-dossier]] deployed to entrench his own system; noted Hungarian civil society concerns that the overhaul 'ignites fears of a new power grab' regardless of the stated democratic rationale.
  > "Parliament moved to oust Sulyok as Magyar used a two-thirds majority to rewrite Hungary's rules, igniting fears of a new power grab."
  Source: https://www.prismnews.com/news/hungary-parliament-moves-to-oust-president-in

### unlabelled
- **Bloomberg** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/hungary-is-poised-to-oust-president-in-a-rollback-of-orban-era

## Across the graph
- Related: [[hungary-magyar-election-2026]], [[viktor-orban-dossier]], [[hungary-eu-funds-unlocked-2026]]
- Entities: Courts vs Elected Power

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