Parliament votes today on Péter Magyar’s salary

Hungary’s parliament is voting today on Péter Magyar’s salary as it opens its autumn session, while the Tisza Party pushes a broader change to parliamentary rules.

The proposal, submitted by Tisza lawmakers, would update the rules governing the National Assembly to reflect the Constitutional Budget Council’s changed responsibilities. The council no longer has the right to give prior approval. Instead, it can issue an opinion on whether the draft central budget complies with the public debt rule.

The current parliamentary agenda contains 83 submissions. Under Hungary’s parliamentary law, the National Assembly holds two regular sessions each year, from February 1 to June 15 and from September 1 to December 15.

After the parliament formed on May 9, it held extraordinary sessions almost every week at the government’s initiative once the spring session ended. The government’s legislative program published on the parliament’s website now lists 83 proposals for adoption by December. The opening day is also described as a moment when the Tisza Party is again abolishing centuries-old administrative names, while public television is set to broadcast parliamentary sessions.