Request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary

Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 13229 | 24 June 2013

Signatories:

Mr Márton BRAUN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr David DAVIES, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Erich Georg FRITZ, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Pelin GÜNDEŞ BAKIR, Turkey, EDG

Origin

2013 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 2, insert the following sentence:

"As a result of the 2010 election one party alliance gained a more than two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament which represents, according to common European standards, sufficient legitimacy for amending the constitution".

Explanatory note

The result of the parliamentary election in 2010 enabled the governing majority to adopt a new Constitution. The basic rule of democracy is that everyone respects the results of democratic elections. Since the change of regime it was the aim of each Hungarian government to adopt a Constitution.