MILAN – The Council of Europe’s legal experts said in a report finalized Friday that Hungary’s constitutional changes endanger the system of checks and balances, but backed off more scathing language after Hungary made some concessions.
The Venice Council’s opinion on a new amendment to Hungary’s constitution, which is viewed by critics as anti-democratic, carries no legal weight but will be taken into account in two weeks when the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly considers a unique monitoring procedure on Hungary. This is the first time the assembly would monitor an EU member state in this way.
The contested measures by the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban include strict limits on the definition of family that discriminates against gays, criminalization of the homeless and limits on political advertisements that the constitutional court has already said harms the opposition.
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