Breaking news! President Áder signs law on higher education

Budapest, April 10 (MTI) – President János Áder signed on Monday an amended law on higher education which governs the operations of foreign universities in Hungary.

The president said in a statement that he had reviewed the bill’s constitutionality as well as its compliance with international treaties. Áder said he had determined that the bill was not in violation of the right to the freedom of education or the passage in the constitution granting autonomy to higher education institutions. He said the bill was not in violation of international treaties or European Union directives, either.

Áder also called on the government to begin talks with the institutions affected by the law on its implementation.

“I am convinced that with mutual good will … this can be done within the deadline specified in the law,” Áder palisaid. “It is in all our interests that the values created over the past years at foreign universities operating in Hungary can continue to be enriched and the academic work can continue uninterrupted,” he added.