constitutional amendment

22/10/2017

Jobbik urges govt parties to submit its proposed amendment to Constitution as their own

"#Jobbik made it clear already at the beginning of the #migrant wave that they would not accept any refugee settlement quota"
28/04/2017

Gyurcsány: New constitution needed to replace illegitimate basic law – UPDATE

Gyurcsány: The current constitution is illegitimate because it is essentially a "single party dictate"
18/01/2017

Vona calls for inserting ‘anti-corruption’ measures into constitution

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – The Jobbik party wants the importance of fighting corruption to be written into Hungary’s constitution, its leader Gábor Vona said on […]
06/12/2016

Jobbik: Orbán’s residency bond business with dirty trick andd dirty money

Jobbik calls upon the government to abandon its dirty tricks for keeping its dirty money, said Jobbik’s vice president, Dániel Z. Kárpát in his press conference. […]
02/12/2016

President Áder rejects Jobbik call for mediation in constitutional bill impasse

Budapest, December 2 (MTI) – Hungary’s President János Áder has said he does not want to intercede in the disputes of political parties. In response to opposition […]
16/11/2016

Jobbik resubmits the constitutional bill

It was exactly seven months ago, on April 12, 2016 when Jobbik first tried to protect Hungary from the mandatory migrant allocation quota by amending the […]
14/11/2016

Jobbik to submit own constitutional amendment proposal on Monday

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party will submit to parliament its own constitutional amendment proposal on banning the resettlement of foreign nationals in Hungary on […]
11/11/2016

Orbán accuses opposition of ‘siding’ with Brussels – Radio interview

Budapest, November 11 (MTI) – Hungary’s opposition parties have “taken the side of Brussels” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in connection with a lack of opposition […]
10/11/2016

Jobbik calls for parlt committee to probe residency bond scheme

Budapest, October 9 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party has called on parliament to set up an investigative committee to examine the risk of residency bonds […]
08/11/2016

BREAKING NEWS – Constitutional bill about migrant qouta fails in the Hungarian parliament – UPDATE

Budapest, November 8 (MTI) – The government’s constitutional amendment bill seeking to ban the settlement of “foreign populations” in Hungary failed on Tuesday to secure the […]
06/11/2016

Jobbik reaffirms will only vote for amendment if residency bonds scrapped

Budapest, November 6 (MTI) – Opposition Jobbik will only vote for the government’s constitutional amendment bill on Tuesday if it agrees to “close every loophole” to every […]
06/11/2016

Hungarian foreign minister: ‘Still threat’ of EU migrant quotas, constitutional amendment needed

Budapest, November 6 (MTI) – The “threat” of European Union migrant quotas “has not gone away” and the issue again will be on the agenda of […]
03/11/2016

Hungarian parliament to vote on constitutional amendment on Nov. 8

Budapest, November 3 (MTI) – Parliament will vote on the seventh amendment of the constitution on November 8, with a view to preventing the European Union […]
31/10/2016

“Rejecting constitutional amendment would be extremely irresponsible”

Budapest (MTI) – Gergely Gulyás, head of Parliament’s legislation committee, said it would be extremely irresponsible not to support the proposed constitutional amendment on EU migrant […]
28/10/2016

Orbán: Constitutional amendment ‘national cause’

Budapest, October 28 (MTI) – The issue of amending the constitution in light of the Oct. 2 referendum on EU migrant quotas is a national one […]
26/10/2016

Three party groups agree on constitutional amendment bill text

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – Fidesz, its ruling ally Christian Democrats and opposition Jobbik have agreed on the text of the constitutional amendment bill, though some […]
25/10/2016

Ruling parties reject Jobbik proposals on constitutional bill

Budapest, October 25 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz and KDNP parties on Tuesday rejected Jobbik’s recommended changes to the government-initiated constitutional amendment proposal in connection with […]
22/10/2016

Jobbik – Fidesz needs to make a choice: Rogán’s dirty money or Hungary’s security?

Talking in his press conference on Wednesday, Fidesz’ Parliamentary faction leader Lajos Kósa said if Gábor Vona’s party refuses to vote for the anti-quota constitutional amendment, […]
20/10/2016

Date of parliamentary vote on constitutional amendment may change

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – The final vote on the government’s constitutional amendment proposal related to migrant quotas may be held later than the originally set […]
19/10/2016

Vona gives Orbán a serious headache on one-on-one meeting

In his one-on-one meeting with the Prime Minister, Jobbik’s president stated his Parliamentary faction was not going to back the anti-immigration constitutional amendment unless the government […]