BUDAPEST, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Hungary’s government spokesman denied a media report on Thursday that Prime Minister Viktor Orban was about to introduce a “presidential system”.

He ‍made his comment on X after Bloomberg reported that nationalist Orban, who faces an election that is likely to be held in April 2026, was exploring this option.

Citing an unnamed source familiar with the situation, the Bloomberg report ‌said Orban was considering how to ‌keep his grip on Hungary regardless of the outcome of the election, and mulling the idea of assuming the presidency and rewriting laws to make it Hungary’s most powerful office.

Since 1990, Hungary has been a parliamentary democracy and the role of the president is largely ceremonial.

Government ‍spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs denied there was a p

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