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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. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Kazai, Viktor Z. funded by the government Disciplinary Proceeding Opposition rights Parliamentarism 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-emerging-trend-of-parliamentary-performance-freedom-of-expression-in-the-hungarian-national-assembly/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20180212-131336 180212 10.17176/20180212-131336 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)