Milan, 27 May (LaPresse) – This morning, the National Assembly, Hungary’s parliament, voted under an extraordinary procedure on a bill revoking the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which had been initiated by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The revocation was supported by 133 members of the Tisza party, to which Prime Minister Péter Magyar belongs, whilst 37 members of Orban’s Fidesz-KDNP coalition voted against and 5 members of Mi Hazánk abstained. The decision will come into force the day after the law is promulgated. This is reported by the news outlet 24.hu. ‘In order to preserve international peace and security and protect human rights, it is absolutely necessary that the perpetrators of the most serious international crimes be held accountable for their actions in an international court,’ Magyar had stated in support of the withdrawal. The Orbán government had decided to withdraw from the ICC in April 2025, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is subject to an international arrest warrant issued by the ICC, visited Hungary at the invitation of the then prime minister.
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