"Yesterday in France, the pension law was amended without a parliamentary vote, which of course we have nothing to do with, because we are not French. Today in Germany, the electoral law was changed by a half majority, which, of course, we have nothing to do with, because we are not Germans.
Well, my friends, if anyone criticizes the Hungarian rule of law after this, let's laugh at them together!"
- wrote Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in his Facebook post.
The French bypassed Parliament
In his post, Péter Szijjártó indicated that French President Emmanuel Macron decided on Thursday to announce the controversial pension reform without a parliamentary vote, since the majority in the National Assembly was not secured to pass the draft law. According to Article 49.3 of the French constitution, a draft is considered to have been adopted by the parliament if the majority of ministers agree to bypass the vote and then a motion of no confidence does not remove the government within 24 hours.
However, according to an expert speaking to Magyar Nemzet, there is little chance of this happening, Emmanuel Macron will not back down, taking advantage of the legal loophole to push through his reform plans without a parliamentary vote.
The size of the Bundestag would be reduced to the detriment of the opposition
And in Germany, with the support of the governing parties, the German federal parliament (Bundestag) decided on electoral reform yesterday. The essence of this is to reduce the number of members of the Bundestag, the biggest loser of which is the opposition: primarily the left-wing Die Linke and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU).
As MTI also reminded, the CSU only operates in Bavaria, and in the last Bundestag election in 2021, although it won in all individual districts of the province, it only obtained 5.2 percent of the list votes cast in Germany at the federal level, i.e. barely crossed the entry threshold. The left did not reach the threshold on the list, obtaining 4.9 percent, but it took three individual districts and thereby gained the right to form a faction, and thanks to the additional mandates and compensatory mandates, it was finally able to form a representative group of 39 members.
Source: MTI / Hungarian Nation
Photo: Péter Szijjártó's Facebook page
