10 April 2014
Collective Constitutional Learning in Europe: European Courts Talk to Hungary (Again)
Both the CJEU and the ECtHR have handed down decisions against Hungary, on the same day and only two days after the Hungarian national elections in which the party of PM Viktor Orbán, FIDESz, won an overwhelming majority. While the CJEU judgment on the data protection ombudsman is spectacularly technical, the ECtHR judgment on the 2011 church law is much more comprehensive. Both judgments bring sobering and timely reminders to a freshly reelected Hungarian government on the shortcomings of Hungary’s reinvented constitutional framework. At the same time, the two judgments can be read as a timely reality check on some key aspects of the Commission’s newly envisioned EU Framework for strengthening the Rule of Law. Both the CJEU and the ECtHR have handed down decisions against Hungary, on the same day and only two days after the Hungarian national elections in which the party of PM Viktor Orbán, FIDESz, won an overwhelming majority. While the CJEU judgment on the data protection ombudsman is spectacularly technical, the ECtHR judgment on the 2011 church law is much more comprehensive. Both judgments bring sobering and timely reminders to a freshly reelected Hungarian government on the shortcomings of Hungary’s reinvented constitutional framework. At the same time, the two judgments can be read as a timely reality check on some key aspects of the Commission’s newly envisioned EU Framework for strengthening the Rule of Law. Continue reading >>
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22 February 2013
Hungarian Ban Of Totalitarian Symbols: The Constitutional Court Speaks Up Again
Although the Hungarian government promised not to strike back after […] Continue reading >>22 February 2013
Hungarian Ban Of Totalitarian Symbols: The Constitutional Court Speaks Up Again
Although the Hungarian government promised not to strike back after […] Continue reading >>
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15 January 2013
The Return of the Hungarian Constitutional Court
Hungary’s 2011 constitutional reform also brought along the reform of […] Continue reading >>27 February 2012
Rescue Package for Fundamental Rights: Comments by RENATA UITZ
In order to full appreciate the Heidelberg proposal, I believe […] Continue reading >>
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