Hungary postpones controversial judicial reforms in attempt to improve ties with the EU
Hungary has decided to ‘indefinitely suspend’ a controversial new court system in a move to ‘improve Hungary’s position’ in the European Union , according to government officials.
The Venice Commission, the European Commission’s advisory body, said in March that the new system would allow the justice minister to exercise significant powers over the judicial system without necessary checks and balances. His far-right Fidesz party has led campaigns against migration and painted Hungarian-American financier George Soros, who champions liberal causes across the globe and spoken out against migration.
She said in an interview the suspension “shows Orban miscalculated when it comes to the results of the European Parliament elections. He wants his party to stay in the EPP and was willing to sacrifice this issue for the time being”. “It's unclear whether the move will be enough to appease Fidesz's fellow member parties in the EPP, but what is clear is that it's a tactical retreat and not a meaningful shift,” Csaky concluded.