nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180212-131336 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180212s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180212-131336 doi eng 342 23 Kazai, Viktor Z. Author aut The Emerging Trend of Parliamentary Performance: Freedom of Expression in the Hungarian National Assembly Kazai, Viktor Z. Verfassungsblog 2018-02-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Laurent Fabius, the former President of the French National Assembly, once called the parliament, rather poetically “a theatre of shadows”. It was a harsh criticism of the mostly formal and insignificant role of parliament in the legislative process under the excessive dominance of the Executive. A few years ago Hungarian opposition MPs decided to turn their own “theater” into something more meaningful, or at least more amusing. They have been using all kinds of creative techniques to express their opinion in the hemicycle. It seems, however, that the Speaker and the parliamentary majority do not really appreciate this new trend of performing arts for they constantly impose heavy penalties on the MPs. This practice is a reminder that the principle of parliamentary autonomy needs to be reconsidered in light of contemporary political realities. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Disciplinary Proceeding Opposition rights Parliamentarism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-emerging-trend-of-parliamentary-performance-freedom-of-expression-in-the-hungarian-national-assembly/ raw object