1st Edition
Challenges to EU Values in Hungary How the European Union Misunderstood the Government of Viktor Orbán
By Beáta Bakó
Copyright 2023
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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The national-conservative government of Hungary has been heavily criticised for its violation of EU values, primarily, the rule of law in recent years. This book looks to the bigger picture in examining the rule-of-law debate between Hungary and the EU. It explores how certain elements of various Hungarian constitutional reforms are interrelated and how the EU has failed to address the situation... Read more
1. Values instead of rules, politics instead of constitutionalism 2. The attempt to enforce ‘common values’ 3. Article 7 TEU in practice, or misunderstanding Hungarian ‘illiberalism’ 4. Elements of the Hungarian legal constitutionalist charade 5. Awkward questions instead of catharsis
Biography
Beáta Bakó is a lawyer, journalist, and specialist in EU law and comparative constitutional law. She is a postdoc researcher at the Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czechia.
