nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20160317-170900 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 160317s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20160317-170900 doi eng 342 23 Kovács, Kriszta Author aut Hungary’s Struggle: In a Permanent State of Exception Kovács, Kriszta Verfassungsblog 2016-03-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Hungarian government has called for a referendum on EU relocation quota plan and declared a “nationwide migrant crisis”. The justification given by the government for these measures was the “massive immigration” which “endangers the jobs of Hungarians and redraws Hungary’s cultural and religious identity”. The argument went that, due to a “migrant crisis” the Hungarian government needed a greater room for maneuvre, not limited by constitutional constraints, in order to manage the crisis. This argument presupposes that, as a result of the migrant crisis, Hungary has ended up in a state of exception, when constitutional guarantees have to be limited or suspended; essential powers have to be concentrated in the hands of the prime minister, until the crisis is overcome. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Referendum Rule of Law State of Emergency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/hungarys-struggle-in-a-permanent-state-of-exception/ raw object