Hungary: Constitutional Amendmends Signed By Vast Majority

Politics ♦ Published: March 12, 2013; 11:21 ♦ (Vindobona)

EU Commission fears that Hungary’s state institutions will have to experience major restrictions.

Hungary: Constitutional Amendmends Signed By Vast Majority / Picture: © Vindobona.org

On Monday, Viktor Orban and his leading Fidesz-party have signed the controversial constitutional amendments. The adjustments were signed by 265 members of parliament, a vast majority. Eleven MPs voted against the amendments and 33 abstained. The biggest opposing party, the Socialists, boykotted the votes.

The alterations to the constitutional law have been critized by many…