Orbán's era was over in a flash and Hungary's next PM is a man in a hurry

Orbán's era was over in a flash and Hungary's next PM is a man in a hurry43 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNick ThorpeBudapest correspondentSOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesPéter Magyar's party dramatically ended 16 years of Orbán in last Sunday's votePéter Magyar and his victorious Tisza party have wasted no time preparing for the transfer of power in Hungary after their dramatic landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán last Sunday.They won 52% of the vote to put an end to his party's 16 years of continuous rule, which translates into up to 140 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly.Orbán's Fidesz have slumped from 135 to about 55 seats.The count will be finalised on Saturday - including recounts in closely tied constituencies, and votes cast abroad.Magyar has won a pledge from President Tamás Sulyok to bring forward the formation of the new parliament to the week beginning 4 May. Parliament can then elect the new government.He also gave combative interviews to public service TV and radio, which have largely ignored or attacked him for the past two years.He has promised to pass laws to suspend their news programmes, until impartial editors can be appointed.All this will take time.Armed with a so-called super-majority of more than two-thirds of seats in parliament, he also plans retroactively to limit the number of terms a prime minister can serve to two.Viktor Orbán has already served five. If that goes through, Magyar could slam the door on Orbán's return.It was not until late on Thursday that Orbán finally broke his silence after Sunday's defeat, in an interview on the Patrióta YouTube channel."This is the end of an era," said Hungary's beaten leader. "We must bear this defeat with dignity."Ferenc Isza/AFP via Getty ImagesOrbán visited the Hungarian president this week, but avoided reporters by slipping in through a side entranceHe spoke of feeling "pain and emptiness" about...