Peter Magyar beat Viktor Orban after 16 years of power in Hungary. That alone is news. But what he did next is more interesting - he nominated none other than Orban to be the new head of the European Commission, replacing Ursula von der Leyen.

He has vision and a firm policy on migration. He's popular among ordinary people. While Western politicians were lying to their citizens, Orban was telling them the truth, declared the leader of the Tisza party. A sentence that triggers collective headaches in Brussels.

The irony is thick. Von der Leyen had just compared Magyar's victory to the anti-communist uprisings of 1956 and 1989 - and now the very winner is asking her to be replaced by the man they liberated Hungary from. Is this an elegant way to ship Orban away from domestic politics, or does Magyar genuinely believe Europe needs right-wing leadership for the migration crisis?

Magyar presents himself as pro-European - he wants to unblock Hungary's frozen EU funds. But his support for Orban suggests that the new Hungarian government won't fully abandon nationalist rhetoric. In the Balkans, this isn't new - politicians change, but the tone stays the same. How many European leaders need to nominate controversial names before Brussels figures out that pro-European doesn't mean the same thing to everyone?