Hungary has officially ended the multi-year regime of an emergency legal framework that allowed the authorities to govern by decree since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
The new Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, announced that the martial law, which had been in effect since 2022, was lifted as of Thursday.
“As of today, after four years, the martial law in Hungary ends,” Magyar wrote on the X social network, adding that the country is “returning to normality.”
The emergency legal framework was initially introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and was later extended due to the war in Ukraine. On the basis of these measures, the authorities have been administering decrees for years, without regular parliamentary procedure.
According to Hungarian media, more than 170 decrees related to the security and political consequences of the war in neighboring Ukraine were passed during the state of emergency.
Former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared martial law in May 2022, shortly after forming his fifth government, citing the security and humanitarian threats posed by the war.
In parliamentary elections held on April 12, Orbán’s party was defeated by Magyar’s Tisza party, ending his 16-year rule and ushering in a new political era in Hungary.
(Vijesti.ba)
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