Hungary's Constitutional Court is handling the end of President Sulyok's term. Fidesz is running into a rule it wrote itself

On Monday the court assesses three points of the 17th amendment. Fidesz challenged them — yet since a change Fidesz itself pushed through in 2013, the court is barred from reviewing the content of amendments.

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Maďarský Ústavný súd rieši koniec mandátu prezidenta Sulyoka. Fidesz naráža na pravidlo, ktoré si sám napísal

Súd v pondelok posudzuje tri body 17. dodatku. Napadol ich Fidesz — obsah dodatkov však súd od zmeny presadenej Fideszom v roku 2013 skúmať nesmie.

17.8.2026

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Whether the Constitutional Court rules on Monday or adjourns again — and in what composition it votes.
Whether it strikes down point 34, which ended Sulyok's mandate, and what parliament would do in that case.
The departure of president Péter Polt and three judges as of September 1, the election of five new judges, and a new court president within three months.
The verdict on the EU funds law before the August 31 deadline — media link it to €16.4 billion in frozen funds.
The Venice Commission's opinion on the 17th amendment, due on the agenda of its October plenary.

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Hungary's Constitutional Court is handling the end of President Sulyok's term. Fidesz is running into a rule it wrote itself

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