Peter Magyar, whose Tisza Party swept to a landslide victory in Hungary’s April 12, 2026, election, used his first international press conference to make a commitment with significant implications for his country’s international standing: he will halt Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before it takes effect on June 2, 2026.

The withdrawal was announced by outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in April 2025, in a move widely seen as a gesture of solidarity with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was being hosted in Budapest at the time and who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Reversing the withdrawal requires a supermajority vote in parliament — which Magyar’s party commands, making the reversal legally straightforward, if politically pointed.

The stakes extend beyond symbolism. ICC membership is a formal prerequisite for EU accession, meaning Orbán’s withdrawal had placed Hungary’s European future at further risk. Magyar has gone further still, committing to execute the ICC’s arrest warrant against Netanyahu should the Israeli prime minister attend the 1956 Revolution Anniversary celebrations in Hungary in October 2026 — a commitment that would put Budapest directly at odds with a sitting head of government for the first time since the court’s founding.

Source: Peter Magyar / Tisza Party press conference. HRW/April 2026.