Key facts
- Hungary's opposition Fidesz party reported its offices were raided by prosecutors.
- Prosecutors seized the party's communications system and database.
- The raid is linked to an investigation into misappropriation and criminal offenses at the National Culture Fund.
- Former Prime Minister Viktor Orban called the new government illegitimate and the start of 'tyranny'.
- Orban stated Hungary is no longer a democratic state following a constitutional amendment.
Hungary's opposition Fidesz party announced that prosecutors raided its offices, seizing its communications system and database. The party accused the new government of Prime Minister Peter Magyar of attempting to shut down its operations. Prosecutors stated the action is linked to an investigation into misappropriation and other criminal offenses at the National Culture Fund, which operated under the previous Fidesz administration led by Viktor Orban.