Hungary Parliament Lifts PM Péter Magyar's Immunity Over Nightclub Phone Incident

Hungary's National Assembly voted unanimously 139-0 on Monday to suspend Prime Minister Péter Magyar's parliamentary immunity, allowing prosecutors to pursue a criminal probe into an alleged phone theft at Budapest's Ötkert nightclub in June 2024.

Magyar admits taking the phone during an argument but denies theft, calling the case politically driven; police recovered the €300 device from the Danube unharmed.

The vote also lifted immunity for two former Fidesz ministers facing separate corruption probes, marking the first time a sitting Hungarian PM has lost this protection amid his Tisza party's push for accountability.

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