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Hungarian judicial and intelligence legislative reforms

Overview

The Hungarian government has introduced legislative proposals aimed at reforming the judicial system and managing state security archives.

Initial proposals focused on a judicial bill to abolish online public access to civil, administrative, and criminal court proceedings. The government argued that the 2025 decree allowing online participation posed risks to the “integrity of evidence,” personal data protection, and the timeliness of court operations. This legislation also sought to transpose the European Union’s SLAPP Directive into national law to protect journalists and civil society from strategic lawsuits.

Subsequent parliamentary debates expanded the legislative scope to include the Constitutional Court and intelligence services. New proposals include establishing rules for the Constitutional Court to elect its president and creating an online platform to disclose intelligence activities and files from the previous regime held by the Historical Archives of the State Security Services (ÁBTL).

Entities

Hungarian Parliament · Hungarian government · Márta Görög · Constitutional Court of Hungary · European Parliament

Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Hungarian Parliament to debate judicial and intelligence laws

    The Hungarian Parliament will debate new laws concerning the Constitutional Court, judicial transparency, and the public accessibility of historical state security agent files.

  2. 29 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Hungary proposes ending online public access to court hearings

    The Hungarian government has proposed a bill to end online public access to court hearings, citing risks to data privacy and judicial efficiency, while also seeking to implement the EU's SLAPP directive.

Sources

hir.ma · mfor.hu · szeged365.hu