Overview
- Parliament used Tisza’s two-thirds majority to approve a constitutional amendment that limits any prime minister to eight years in office and includes wording reported as retroactive.
- The amendment, passed in votes reported on Monday, now sits on President Tamás Sulyok’s desk while he has refused to resign and sought legal review of the change.
- The package also strips the legal basis for Orbán-era structures, including the Sovereign Protection Office and public trust foundations, and paves the way for bills to dismantle or repurpose those bodies.
- Opponents and some Fidesz figures say the measure is tailored to bar Viktor Orbán and argue retroactive application would be unlawful, a dispute that is likely to trigger constitutional and possibly European legal scrutiny.
- Magyar says the reforms are part of a return to the EU mainstream and link to pledges to adopt the euro and lift Hungary’s vetoes on Ukraine, changes that could affect frozen EU funds and relations with Brussels.