As Hungary’s Péter Magyar took office, ousting Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, the daylong event on Saturday was laced with symbolism, from the return of the EU flag to parliament to the ringing out of the European anthem, Ode to Joy.
But it was the 56-year-old tipped to be the new health minister – and more specifically, his dance moves – that may have become the most potent symbol of Hungary’s new political era.
In the lead up to Saturday’s inauguration, as Magyar and his Tisza party prepared to be sworn in, Zsolt Hegedűs’s phone began buzzing.
Many of the messages
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