nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a36f0fcb543d4daa DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250623s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a36f0fcb543d4daa doi eng 342 23 Steuer, Max Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7638-5865 Haunted by Text - Resisting Self-Fulfilling Prophecies around the Efforts to Amend Slovakia’s Constitution Steuer, Max Verfassungsblog 2025-06-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Slovak PM Fico renewed his attempts to amend Slovakia’s Constitution. The most controversial provisions are a “national identity safeguard” limiting the effect of international and supranational law, and a definition of sex as strictly binary. After securing backing from some opposition members, his cabinet has submitted the amendment to parliament for debate and a vote. While public mobilisation against the proposed amendment proposal is important, legal scholars and NGOs should avoid using language that might reinforce the perception that the formally powerful Constitutional Court lacks the authority to strike down or reinterpret such changes in line with constitutional values. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarian Populism Fico Fico Robert | 1964– | Politiker; Regierungschef; Jurist Slovakia Slovakian Constitutional Court Slowakei constitutional amendment (DE-588)1073950670 gnd Fico Robert | 1964– | Politiker; Regierungschef; Jurist (DE-588)4055297-4 gnd Slowakei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fico-constitution-amendment/ raw object