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Hungary adopts the Seventh Amendment, writing constitutional identity and a homeless-sleeping ban into the Fundamental Law

On 20 June 2018 the National Assembly adopted the Seventh Amendment to the Fundamental Law, adding a constitutional-identity clause against foreign population settlement, authorising a separate administrative-court system, and banning habitual living in public spaces. In the causal graph this event strengthens Illiberal state capture in Hungary, a driver that weakens Access to justice index — a worsening welfare path.

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On 20 June 2018 the National Assembly adopted the Seventh Amendment to the Fundamental Law, adding a constitutional-identity clause against foreign population settlement, authorising a separate administrative-court system, and banning habitual living in public spaces. The Venice Commission later criticised the package. This Fact is that amendment sitting. It is not the 2011 Fundamental Law, not the 2013 Fourth Amendment, and not a personality. The Assembly bill is the official file; the Venice Commission opinion is the independent file.

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  • Viktor Orbán

    Person

    Indirect / organizational responsibility

    Through Government of Hungary

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    Prime minister whose government or governing majority advanced the named measure. The institutional source ties the measure to the governing legal program under Orbán. Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 is stored only because contributions.size is NOT NULL — not a sourced magnitude. Attached by Pack6 land-now subset; the fact's own primary source documents the measure.

What changed

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  1. 1.2025 Rule of Law Report – Country Chapter on HungaryEuropean Commission · verified
  2. 2.Joint opinion on the provisions of the so-called "Stop Soros" draft legislative package which directly affect NGOs, CDL-AD(2018)013Venice Commission · verified

Causal path

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  1. ActorViktor Orbán
  2. contributed toFactHungary adopts the Seventh Amendment, writing constitutional identity and a homeless-sleeping ban into the Fundamental Law
  3. strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
  4. weakensIndicatorAccess to justice index

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Factrail. (2026). Hungary adopts the Seventh Amendment, writing constitutional identity and a homeless-sleeping ban into the Fundamental Law. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-seventh-amendment-2018

https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-seventh-amendment-2018

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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