Tisza's anticorruption drive received a further push forward today

HUNGARY - In Brief 03 Nov 2026 by Istvan Racz

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The National Assembly elected the new Prosecutor General today, after a relatively long period of impasse, because of initial disagreement between Tisza and the also new President of the Republic on who could be the right candidate for the job. This post had been empty since the previous chief prosecutor, one of the Fidesz-appointed high-level public officials, resigned and left the position in late August.Eventually, Tisza and the President have reached agreement on the issue, meaning the latter nominated a candidate acceptable for Tisza, and indeed one with an impressive-looking CV. This is crucially important, as despite the recent start of the new National Asset Recovery and Protection Bureau and EPPO's appearance in Hungary, the Public Prosecutor's Office will remain the key authority to fight crime, including corruption. In recent weeks, there has been some strengthening in the level of the PPO's anti-corruption activity, but it is generally agreed that significantly more resolve and action will be required.In addition, parliament also ruled today, that from now on, it will not be possible anymore to hide anyone's personal wealth in domestically established anonymous 'private capital funds'. Such investment structures will be required to disclose the owners behind the assets. Furthermore, NAV (the local tax authority) will have the right to conduct investigations of the accumulation of personal wealth of high-ranking politicians, including representatives in the National Assembly, government ministers, state secretaries, etc. Earlier, the rules of asset declarations for such politicians have been tightened already, as part of EU conditionality attached to Hungary...