A summary of the controversy around the New Hungarian Constitution

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09/10/2014

This article was published also in Italian on the website of Italianieuropei. It was written before the publication of the opinion of the Venice Commission, the advisory body of the Council of Europe on constitutional matters, which expressed its concern over several points in the new Hungarian Constitution.

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