Parliament’s two-day extraordinary session is scheduled to begin with Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s opening address on Monday.
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According to the schedule posted on the National Assembly’s website, the plenary session will once again discuss the legislative amendments necessary to access European Union funds, the bill on billboards, and the proposal on the restructuring of public media, the Hungarian news agency wrote.
Parliament will hold debates on the committee reports for certain bills and on the summary amendment proposals.
Under a bill initiated by representatives of the ruling Tisza Party aimed at making the work of parliament’s investigative committees more effective, anyone who obstructs the work of a parliamentary investigative committee would be committing a misdemeanor.
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Also on the agenda is a bill, also submitted by Tisza Party representatives, aimed at curbing political advertisements that incite hatred, ensuring that commercial advertisements fit in with the townscape, and amending certain investment regulations.
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Lawmakers will debate amendments to the Act on Media Services and Mass Communication, as well as other related laws, proposed by ruling-party politicians. The aim of these amendments is to strengthen Hungary’s democratic public sphere, fully realise freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and ensure diversity and unimpeded access to information. The public media organisation will be restructured: the Hungarian Radio and Television non-profit joint-stock company will be established, and the Hungarian News Agency will once again become independent.
Parliament’s spring session ended a week ago, and Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister’s Office Bálint Ruff initiated the convening of the extraordinary session because postponing the vote on the proposals on the agenda until the fall session would result in delays in achieving important legislative objectives.
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