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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/8db7ba15beaf784e https://verfassungsblog.de/hungarys-european-rebirth/ Hungary’s European Rebirth - Using European Law as Hungary’s Interim Constitution Scheppele, Kim Lane eng 2026-05-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Democratic Restoration ECJ ECtHR Ungarn Ungarn primacy of EU law Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 As Péter Magyar and his Tisza government took office on 9 May, ending sixteen long years of autocratic capture, the crowds outside the Parliament danced and cheered. Now the new government has a constitutional supermajority and a massive democratic mandate. But unlike Orbán’s supermajority, Magyar’s still has to confront veto players. The Hungarian government has a speedy and lawful option for realising its mandate without lurching into extreme scenarios: Using European law as an interim constitution to evade the roadblocks left in place by the Orbán government.