Hungary Opens Pandora’s Box With Publication of Communist Files

Peter Magyar’s quest to “heal” the country is tougher than he thought. Hungary’s long-awaited publication of its secret files on communist-era collaborators isn’t going quite as Prime Minister Peter Magyar had planned. The move to do what other former Eastern Bloc countries did decades ago was meant to symbolize the dawn of a new, more open political era following Magyar’s ouster of his increasingly autocratic predecessor Viktor Orban. Instead of the national healing he promised, the decision left Magyar apologizing in parliament and the head of the national security archives offering to resign.