nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220302-001101-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220301s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220302-001101-0 doi eng 342 23 Kazai, Viktor Z. Author aut Constitutional Complaint as Orbán’s Tool - Judicial assistance for the reinforcement of the government’s interests Kazai, Viktor Z. Verfassungsblog 2022-03-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The re-regulation of the ex-post review competence and the introduction of the “full” constitutional complaint in 2012 provided a good justification for the Constitutional Court to shift its focus from the control of the legislature dominated by the illiberal Fidesz government to the supervision of the judiciary. However, the justices have not remained simply deferential. They proactively helped to repurpose the constitutional complaint and convert a fundamental rights protection mechanism into a tool reinforcing the government’s interests. CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Complaint Hungarian Constitutional Court Viktor Orbán Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-complaint-as-orbans-tool/ raw object