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UPDATED: EU-HUNGARY: European Commission: Statement of the European Commission on the situation in Hungary on 11 January 2012

01 January 2012

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UPDATED: EU-HUNGARY: European Commission: Statement of the European Commission on the situation in Hungary on 11 January 2012 (pdf):

Background: Letter from Commissioner Reding to Hungarian Prime Minister (pdf) and Detailed Annex to the letter (pdf): "I need to bring to your urgent attention a number of legal issues that arise under new measures that the Hungarian authorities are currently taking under the new Hungarian Constitution." The issues are: 1. Retirement age for judges; 2. President of the new National Judicial Office; 3. The transformation of the Hungarian Supreme Court into Curia and 4. The Data Protection Supervisor.

Reply from Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister (pdf) plus Annex (pdf) and Letter from Foreign Ministry (pdf). See also: European Parliament: ALDE calls on Commission to apply fundamental rights check to Hungary (link) and Danish MPs warn of Hungary ‘core value crisis’ (euractiv, link)

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