Orbán’s rival faces uphill battle to unfreeze €17B in EU funds

"I think that political dynamics will be more important ... I see a scenario where senior officials such as the head of the supreme court and constitutional court start cooperating with Magyar if he has a sizeable majority," said Zselyke Csaky, a senior fellow at the Centre for European Reform think tank.

...“I don't think it would be a good thing if the Commission just gave carte blanche to the new Hungarian government like it did to Poland [in 2024],” Csaky said.