Hungary Ruling Party Leaders Reject Orban’s Resignation Offer

Hungary’s outgoing premier Viktor Orban offered to resign as his party’s president after a disastrous election, though the Fidesz leadership rejected it for now, Telex news website reported, citing party officials.

Orban, who led Fidesz to a landslide defeat two weeks ago that ended the party’s 16-year rule, has vowed to revive his nationalist movement while deciding against taking up his seat in parliament for the first time since 1990.