nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/faf6395158a728fb DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260528s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/faf6395158a728fb doi eng 342 23 Kosař, David Author aut Fixing the Hungarian Bench - Don’t Imitate – Innovate! Kosař, David Verfassungsblog 2026-05-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Péter Magyar swept away Fidesz and won a constitutional majority. Yet Orbán packed the courts with his people in the meantime. Should Magyar resort to another round of court-packing? First, legitimate court-packing must have a just cause and must be proportional. Second, the proportionality of such reactive court-packing should in general respect the “paired effect”, although a stronger response may sometimes be justified. Finally, Magyar should not aim just for returning to the status quo but should innovate and build a resilient judiciary that enjoys the trust of the Hungarian people. CC BY-SA 4.0 Baka v. Hungary Democratic Restoration Hungarian Constitutional Court Hungary Ungarn Venice Commission (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fixing-the-hungarian-bench/ raw object