Challenges to EU Values in Hungary - How the European Union Misunderstood the Government of Viktor Orbán

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 properly.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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 properly.

Product details

• Authors: Beáta Bakó
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032311173
• ISBN: 978-1-032-31117-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Weight: 380 g
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / International, International Law