| Dressed in a ceremonial black atilla - a braided military coat associated with the dash and swagger of cavalry hussars - the new PM addressed the nation. His message, at first glance, was remarkably similar to that of his predecessor: of national resilience. "The history of Hungary is not the history of our losses. It is the history of getting back on our feet…" he said.
What was very different from Viktor Orbán’s rhetoric, however, was the complete absence of enemies. Orbán turned conjuring visions of Hungary’s foes into an art form through his 16 years in power: the IMF, George Soros, the liberals, the migrants, Brussels, Joe Biden, Ursula von den Leyen, and finally, Volodymyr Zelensky. There was not a single figure of mockery or hatred in Magyar’s speech.
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