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Reports have appeared in recent days regarding a massive round of layoffs allegedly affecting 200 employees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the TISZA government. Telex also reported several accounts of dismissals disguised as “mutually agreed terminations” and mass firings carried out with a “scorched-earth” approach. Government officials say the process is merely about establishing the new leadership’s operational framework, and there is no question of a 200-person layoff. However, some affected employees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say they were left bewildered by their termination notices. This can hardly be the change many TISZA supporters had in mind when they cast their votes.
Tamás, for example, worked for more than seven years in Péter Szijjártó’s office, where he performed administrative duties. He said he did not make political decisions and was actually pleased with the change in government; he, too, had voted for TISZA. For weeks after the change in government, they received no information about what the future held for them at their workplace. Then, on May 28, he was summoned to the Human Resources Department, where they told him they suspected he already knew what was happening.
He was handed a mutually agreed-upon document dated May 31 regarding his departure, which he was not allowed to take with him. They told him that this could only happen once he had signed it.
Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Foreign Minister Anita Orbán at the appointment ceremony of the TISZA government’s ministers held at the Sándor Palace on May 12, 2026. Photo: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák.
As for what would happen if he did not sign the document, he felt the department’s explanation was vague. They said they did not know exactly, but hinted that in that case, he might not be able to leave by mutual agreement later on, but could be fired instead, and as a result, he could be barred from public administration work for three years.
I have worked incredibly hard, and I find it utterly unfair to be dismissed in this manner. Work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs obviously cannot be 100 percent free of politics, but my immediate colleagues primarily carried out professional work, which is why I find it extremely shocking that the layoffs are affecting them as well,”
stated Gábor, another employee of the cabinet who spent six years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was summoned Wednesday, May 27, and according to him, was asked without explanation to sign a mutual termination agreement within an hour.
Gábor said that 70 employees were laid off that day, and another 30 on Thursday.
According to him, they originally intended to let some of his immediate colleagues go without severance pay, but in the end, they approved one month’s salary for them. He believes none of them want to get involved in a workplace legal dispute. “I do not feel like suing my own ministry either. We understood the intention, and I hope they do better than we did,” Gábor explained.
TISZA previously denied reports that 200 people had been laid off. Telex asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again how many people were affected by the layoffs, on what basis these employees were selected, and how the decision was justified.
The ministry did not disclose the number of people affected; instead, their response stated that the ministries are currently establishing the managerial and organizational frameworks necessary for their operations, “which also entail certain personnel decisions.”
The ministry also refuted the claim that those affected would be barred from holding public administration positions. “The ministry’s operations are continuous and uninterrupted, it is fulfilling its duties in full,” they concluded in their response.
Foreign Minister Anita Orbán and State Secretary György Velkey at the Hungarian Parliament on May 11, 2026. Photo: MTI/Tamás Purger.
Telex also caught up with György Velkey, the Ministry’s Parliamentary State Secretary, at the Parliament. He said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had initiated the termination of employment by mutual agreement for several dozen people working in the cabinet of Péter Szijjártó, as well as his parliamentary and administrative state secretaries. Negotiations are currently underway with each of them.
In his view, these are the individuals who worked alongside the former foreign minister during the last term, which is “professionally unacceptable.”
After Telex published its article, Velkey posted a video on his social media page in which he stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had initiated the termination of employment by mutual agreement for 45 government officials, and that 38 of those affected had already accepted the decision. “This is not a purge, but fair and humane treatment, and standing up for those who have suffered on a daily basis—whether as sidelined diplomats or as citizens—from everything that has happened in the ministry in recent years,” the state secretary said in the video.
Fact
Former Foreign Ministry staff members also all brought up to Telex a previous statement by Anita Orbán, in which the new foreign minister said that they do not plan to carry out politically motivated dismissals. About a week and a half ago, Anita Orbán told VálaszOnline: “We will not be purging anyone. However, we are building a professional diplomatic team.” The foreign minister of the TISZA government also added that simply having worked throughout Péter Szijjártó’s tenure is not in itself grounds for dismissal. Instead, professional competence and integrity will be what counts—that is, “there must be no theft, corruption, or perhaps intentional leaks or breaches of confidentiality.”
Via Magyar Nemzet, Telex, Válasz Online, Facebook; Featured photo: MTI/Hegedüs Róbert
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