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Cabinet extends special legal order until March 7
KTK noted that more than 162,000 illegal entrants have been detained at the border so far this year, as against 60,000 during the same period in 2021.
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Parliament extends special COVID measures until Jan.1
The motion was passed with 222 votes in favor, 25 against and no abstentions.
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Hungary's parliament votes to extend pandemic measures
The amendment was passed with 128 votes in favor and 57 against.
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Parliament extends pandemic special legal order
The law which authorizes the government to extend related decrees by 90 days was passed with 133 votes in favor, 55 against and one abstention.
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Special legal order rules streamlined
Hungary’s six constitutional types of special legal order which have defined a state of emergency are to be narrowed down to three: a state of war, a state of emergency and a state of danger.
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Hungarian Parliament has amended the constitution to enshrine protections for family and children
The Fundamental Law of Hungary now protects families and children in a unique way, even in Europe. The amendment adopted today by the National Assembly provides all children with an education and upbringing based on the values of Hungary’s culture and guarantees the undisturbed development of the child according to his or her sex at birth.
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Government submits bill to parliament that would reintroduce the “special legal order”
Csaba Dömötör said in a video that the special legal order needed to be reintroduced because the virus was spreading widely across Europe.
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Special legal order helps Hungary fight COVID-19
Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said fighting the coronavirus epidemic requires "quickness and an ability to respond".
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PM Orbán on new measures to fight pandemic: ‘We need quick action to make decisions in time’
Today, the government reviewed the epidemic situation in both Hungary and other European countries and decided further restrictions are now necessary.
Speeches and Remarks
Special announcement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
3 November 2020, Budapest