There's something bitterly ironic in a people who could hardly wait to be rid of someone soon starting to sigh for him. That, according to reports, is exactly what's happening to Peter Magyar - the man who succeeded Viktor Orban after his sixteen years in power in Hungary.

When Magyar tried to address citizens from a balcony in Budapest, instead of applause he was met with whistles, insults and anger that quickly cut his speech short. The scene was emotionally charged; the gathered crowd made it clear they feel betrayed by the new leadership in which they had recently placed their hopes.

According to comments on social media, Magyar may not survive even his first year in office - he's losing trust faster than any contemporary Hungarian leader. And some are already saying, half-seriously, that "the neighbors will weep for Orban." Which should of course be taken with a reservation - the mood of one balcony is not an election, and one noisy crowd is not the whole nation.

Still, the pattern is familiar to us too. How many times have we in the Balkans watched the new savior, the moment he sits in the chair, suddenly start to resemble the one he replaced? The question Hungary is now asking itself is the same one we know by heart: was the problem in the man - or in the chair that changes whoever sits in it?