Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced he will not take his seat in parliament following his party's election defeat. He stated that his goal is to remain as the leader of Fidesz to guide the party through a process of 'renewal.'

Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would not take up his seat in parliament following his party’s landslide defeat in this month’s election but wants to stay on as Fidesz’s leader to lead a process of “renewal”. The most dominant figure in Hungarian politics since the fall of Communism in 1989, Orban has sat in Hungary’s legislature for 36 years without interruption, serving as premier for the past sixteen years. “I’m not needed in parliament now but in the reorganisation of....