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Parliament moves to appoint new constitutional judges and pass multiple reform bills

The Hungarian Parliament will elect five new constitutional judges and consider a series of legislative changes covering secret-service archives, fuel subsidies, tax reforms and health-sector governance.

During a special sitting, the Országgyűlés will choose five constitutional judges, each to serve a nine-year term after a secret ballot requiring a two-thirds majority. The agenda also includes a law to comprehensively investigate past secret-service operations and to create a State Security Services Historical Archive. Lawmakers will debate measures linked to fuel-price subsidy support, including a proposal to increase tobacco excise duties.

Further items cover tax-law adjustments intended to simplify administration and harmonise regulations for micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as a budget reallocation moving nearly three billion forints from the defunct Sovereignty Protection Office to the Justice Ministry. The session will also restore compulsory membership of health-care chambers, revive the pre-2023 role of the medical chamber, and amend legislation to bring juvenile correctional institutions back under the child-protection framework.

Why it matters

These decisions will reshape Hungary's judiciary, transparency on past intelligence work, and several key policy areas affecting taxes, health and budget spending.

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