Although the April 2026 election will be a referendum on Viktor Orban’s ability to govern Hungary, it’s natural that people want to know what the Tisza Party’s policies are.
Here are some of the key policies and focus areas:
Putting Hungarians first
Tisza’s approach can be summarised as a focus on back to basics: The lives of normal Hungarian people.
One of the reasons Orban is so unpopular right now is that while he has been off self-aggrandizing on the world stage, he’s left the Hungarian people in the dust.
Hospitals, schools and infrastructure continue to rot under his watch.
The cost of living is through the roof.
Orban’s economic policies appear to have failed.
While Fidesz elites wear designer clothes and take private flights, Hungarians have to take their own toilet paper when going to the hospital.
It is truly disgusting what Fidesz has done in Hungary.
What Peter Magyar has been able to do is keep his focus on the Hungarian people.
Tisza's 21-point policy platform
Tisza has released 21 policies so far:
1. Immediately double the family allowance
2. Increase the pensions of 420,000 elderly citizens receiving the lowest benefits
3. Raise the wages of nurses and social sector workers
4. Reduce the VAT on vegetables, fruits, and healthy basic foods to 5%
5. Launch a “Return Home” program to encourage over half a million Hungarians living abroad to come home
6. Bring back the EU money owed to Hungary
7. Launch a village rehabilitation program
8. Restore the prestige of the teaching profession and restore the freedom to choose around education and textbooks
9. Amend the Constitution to limit parliamentary terms to two terms (8 years) — including for the Prime Minister
10. Join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
11. Abolish the propaganda ministry and establish ministries for health, education and environmental protection
12. Restore the independence of public media and ban propaganda
13. Introduce genuine family support, including for single-parent families and those raising sick children
14. Support small and medium-sized enterprises and family farmers instead of multinational and billionaire agribusinesses
15. Reform the debt collection and enforcement system
16. Open the State Security Service historical archives from the communist era and reveal the domestic intelligence files
17. Reassess the situation of foreign currency loan holders
18. Reintroduce the KATA taxation system
19. Review international agreements that are disadvantageous to Hungary
20. Implement genuine child protection reform
21. Allocate the maximum possible resources to healthcare and education
Bringing home Hungary's EU money
This is already mentioned in the 21 points above, but it’s important to reinforce that, right now, the EU has withheld hundreds of millions of euros that the Hungarian people desperately need. The EU withheld it as punishment for Orban’s corruption.
Peter Magyar has said that on day one, Tisza will meet the EU’s transparency requirements and will bring this money home.
Ukraine in the EU: Yes or No?
Peter Magyar has promised that should it ever get to the point where Ukraine is seriously being considered to join the EU, he will hold a referendum on it, so the Hungarian people can choose whether they support it or not.
Immigration
- Peter Magyar has criticised Fidesz for bringing in tens of thousands of low-wage Asian migrant workers that can change the shape of local areas and suppress Hungarian wages further. This indicates he supports limiting this influx of economic migrants.
- Tisza supports strict migration regulations and the protection of Hungary’s borders. Peter Magyar has spoken about seeking EU financial support to maintain the souther boarder.
Other
- Only those who can account for their wealth accumulation over the past 20 years can be members of the TISZA government. And after the 2030 parliamentary elections, only those willing to do the same will be eligible to become members of parliament.
Is Peter Magyar Right or Left?
Peter Magyar is a right-leaning, conservative politician.
Reversing Fidesz's incendiary laws
The Tisza Party has spoken about possibly reversing Fidesz’s “anti-democratic” laws, including:
– Restructuring the Constitutional Court to appoint loyal judges
– Reduced powers of the Constitutional Court
– Gerrymandering (redrawing voting districts) to make it easier for Fidesz to win
– Consolidated pro-government media into the KESMA conglomerate, which is exempt from competition oversight
– Targeting foreign-funded (or partially foreign-funded) NGOs, media outlets and even YouTubers labeling them as agents of foreign influence. It has also intimidated independent organisations through audits, public smear campaigns and legal harassment.
– Nationalised control of universities through “foundations” led by Fidesz loyalists
And when will all this happen?
Naturally, it would be great if all this could happen at the click of a finger, but considering Fidesz has devolved things to such an extent it will be an up-hill battle to get things like healthcare and education abck on track.
My hope is that Tisza will come out and say what it thinks it can achieve Immediately, in 1 Year, in 4 years, in Two Terms, and what might take a generation to fixu with proper stewardship.
(This article may be updated from time to time after the original publication date)
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