Haunted by Text - Resisting Self-Fulfilling Prophecies around the Efforts to Amend Slovakia’s Constitution Steuer, Max Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7638-5865 Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-06-23 eng
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 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 Steuer, Max Authoritarian Populism Fico Fico Robert | 1964– | Politiker; Regierungschef; Jurist Slovakia Slovakian Constitutional Court Slowakei constitutional amendment Fico Robert | 1964– | Politiker; Regierungschef; Jurist Slowakei 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/fico-constitution-amendment/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a36f0fcb543d4daa 250623 10.59704/a36f0fcb543d4daa Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)