Péter Magyar, the new Hungarian prime minister whose Tisza party won 141 of 199 parliamentary seats on April 12, announced a review of the financial support that Orbán had provided to Hungarians in Vojvodina. Clear message: support for Hungarians outside Hungary's borders will continue - but how the funds were spent will be examined.

For decades, Orbán used diaspora subsidies - including for Hungarians in Serbia - both to purchase political loyalty and to directly buy influence beyond Hungary's borders. That was part of his illiberal vision of a Greater Hungary. Magyar is now signalling that this practice will be reviewed.

For Serbia, this is a sensitive matter: Hungarians in Vojvodina have their own parties, media, institutions - and a significant portion of their funding came from Budapest. The policy shift in Hungary will also shift the balances in Novi Sad and Subotica. Whether that is good or bad depends a great deal on who you ask in Belgrade or Podgorica.