Hungarian Constitutional Court rejects Fidesz motion on law amendments

The Constitutional Court of Hungary has rejected a motion filed by Fidesz and KDNP representatives regarding the 16th amendment to the Fundamental Law. The motion sought to prevent the court from being asked to declare certain provisions unconstitutional.

Opposition representatives had previously requested that the court examine whether specific constitutional amendments were valid, arguing that some provisions—such as those concerning the termination of public interest asset management foundations (KEKVAs)—could cause legal disadvantages without transitional guarantees.

The Court ruled that it lacks the jurisdiction to perform a substantive review of the content of Fundamental Law amendments. It determined that evaluating whether an amendment is valid based on its subject, function, or temporal nature constitutes a substantive control, which is prohibited under current laws. Consequently, the Court rejected the motion without a substantive examination, stating that its authority is limited to reviewing procedural compliance rather than the content of the amendments themselves.