Not only Hungarian citizens can appear on the EP list 2024-04-27 08:28:24

by time news

According to the Basic Law, a Hungarian citizen who has been “excluded from the right to vote by a court due to the commission of a crime or due to limited discretion”, or an EU citizen with a residence in Hungary, who has been banned from voting by the law, court or authority of the state of his citizenship, has neither active nor passive voting rights. based on his decision, he was excluded from exercising this right in his country.

The parties are free to decide the order in which the candidates appear on their lists, however, a voter can only appear as a candidate on one list.

The list can be announced no later than May 3 at 4 p.m.

the lists after checking the recommendations – no later than the fourth day after the announcement – a National Election Commission registers.

The candidate on the list must declare that he accepts the nomination and that he does not hold any office that is incompatible with the mandate of the representative, or that he will resign from it if he is elected. You must also declare that you will not use foreign support or assets derived from it in relation to the given election in order to continue activities aimed at influencing the will of the voters or attempting to do so.

However, not only Hungarian citizens can appear on the list, but also citizens of other EU member states residing in Hungary. In this case, the National Electoral Office notifies the competent authority of the candidate’s country of citizenship that the candidate wishes to run on the Hungarian list, and requests proof that the candidate is not subject to any provision in the country of citizenship of the candidate, according to which he cannot be elected.


2024-04-27 08:28:24

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