nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c9139faf821b296c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251020s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c9139faf821b296c doi eng 342 23 Steuer, Max Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7638-5865 No Skyfall - The Twenty-Third Amendment to the Slovak Constitution Steuer, Max Verfassungsblog 2025-10-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 26 September 2025, the Slovak parliament adopted the 23rd amendment to the Constitution, introducing an explicit “national identity” clause and a series of provisions presented as measures to “protect the family”. The Venice Commission issued an Opinion two days earlier highlighting both procedural irregularities and substantive concerns. Yet, despite the alarm it has caused, the amendment’s immediate impact is likely to be limited: most of its provisions remain largely symbolic without accompanying legislation or supportive judicial interpretation. Instead, the real battleground will unfold in legal disputes over the amendment’s meaning and reach – with the Constitutional Court expected to play a decisive role. CC BY-SA 4.0 constitutional amendment Constitutional Reform Slovakia Slovakian Constitutional Court Venice Commission Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/slovakia-constitutional-amendment/ raw object