The Hungarian State Has Reached an Agreement with the MPs Who Were Fined Millions - The Court Case Has Already Been Closed
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The Speaker initiated the closure of the proceedings, taking into account previous decisions of the Strasbourg court.
The conversationalist Bence Tordai was guilty of filming with his cell phone, and the then-chairman of Jobbik, Péter Jakab, was guilty of calling Fidesz members "scoundrels."
The international lawsuits filed by Hungarian MPs against the Hungarian state over previous deductions of honorariums have been concluded with a peaceful settlement. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has approved the settlement between the parties, so in order to avoid further legal costs, Hungary will refund the deducted amounts to the politicians concerned, according to a Facebook post by Speaker of the House Ágnes Forsthoffer.
The European Court of Human Rights has approved a settlement between the Hungarian state and two former opposition members of parliament, Bence Tordai and Péter Jakab. As a result, the multi-million-forint fines imposed by then-Speaker László Kövér will be returned to them, Ágnes Forsthoffer, the current Speaker of the Parliament, announced on Thursday.
Million-dollar fines will be repaid to Bence Tordai and Péter Jakab - László Kövér has withdrawn part of the honorarium of the former opposition politicians.
The lawsuits were concluded peacefully, and Hungary agreed to pay the millions to the two former members of parliament.
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