Europe commission criticizes Hungary constitution amendments

[JURIST] The Venice Commission [official website], a European rights commission, published a report [text; PDF] on Friday criticizing Hungary's recent amendments to its constitution. While the commission praised Hungary's efforts to strengthen it's rule of law, the report cited several concerns with the new constitution. The report criticized provisions of the constitution requiring a two-thirds super majority to pass many laws where a simple majority was the traditional standard, suggesting the increased standard will act as an impediment to the...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/06/european-commission-criticizes-hungary-constitution-amendments.php

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