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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20260513-173500-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-big-lie-of-two-thirds-majority/ The Big Lie of Two Thirds Majority - Why It Is Time to Abolish Hungary’s System of Cardinal laws Bakó, Beáta eng 2026-05-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Fidesz Hungary Supermajority Two Thirds Majority Ungarn Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 This is the fifth election in a row in which a party has gained a two-thirds majority. A two-thirds majority has long been the magic of Hungarian politics. Namely, it means domestically unlimited power. But the magic of the two-thirds majority is based on an assumption that has turned out to be a lie: that such a special majority guarantees compromise. As a first step towards a truly functioning pluralist democracy, it is time to disenchant the two-thirds majority.