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Tisza’s Fall 741 gary, also, there was not only regret at his departure, and the newspapers vied with each other to point out that his resignation could be compared to a great military victory. Tisza’s successor was Prince Moritz Esterházy. His Cabinet met for its first session on 15 June 1917. About two months later, it met for the last time. The opposition smelled an opportunity, and Count Károlyi did not tire during his frequent trips to Switzerland of assuring that much would be changed under his leadership. The ties to Germany in particular would be immediately loosened, and all dreams of Central Europe brought to an end.1720 In order to become leader of the government, however, a new election law would have to be passed. Yet, whoever might have believed that the general and uniform right to vote would be introduced immediately in Hungary was to be severely disappointed. In this light, Tisza’s overthrow had in fact been unnecessary. And in Transleithania, too, the era of willingness to compromise and acceptance had passed. The radicals were pushing to take power.