# Claim 70

Hungary's new government abolished the office as part of initial 2026 media reforms.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Hungary's new government abolished the office as part of initial 2026 media reforms.
- Field: status
- Value: Sovereignty Protection Office abolished 2026-06-30
- About: [incident 2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act)
- Source: Hungary's initial media reforms are promising but lasting safeguards still needed. https://cpj.org/2026/07/hungarys-initial-media-reforms-are-promising-but-lasting-safeguards-still-needed/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2026-07-22

## Quotation from the source

> Hungary has a historic opportunity...to build a pluralistic media system that serves the public and cannot be politically captured again.

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