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Today, the President of the Curia of Hungary was engaged in an open professional consultation with the European Commission’s representatives in Hungary on the Commission’s Rule of Law Report.

The rule of law is a predominant value in European and Hungarian culture, and it cannot be set aside in the process of the organisation of a society based on justice, peace and cooperation. However, due to the wide variety of cultural, societal and linguistic backgrounds, the rule of law may necessarily have diverse forms in the different legal cultures.

President of the Republic Dr. János Áder appointed Head of Panel Prof. Dr. András Patyi to become, as of 1 April 2021, the Curia’s Vice-President for a period of six years.

“We have to function as a Curia whose justices, as judges of the superior court of Hungary enjoying great authority, are able to harmonize the detailed dogmatic considerations necessary for the determination of the individual cases with the general requirement of enforcing the Fundamental Law” – emphasised Dr. András Zs. Varga in his speech delivered at the Curia’s online Plenary Session on 11 January 2021.

Like our fellow Hungarian citizens and the European peoples, we entered into the new year of 2021 with concerns over the pandemic that has been lasting for ten months. Despite all this, we have to be optimistic. There is no other road to take, and we have to be confident that this challenge can also be overcome by the human spirit, as we have managed to successfully combat so many other threats.

Upon invitation from Dr. Péter Darák, President of the Curia of Hungary, JuDr. Petr Angyalossy, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic and his delegation paid a visit to Budapest on 28-30 July 2020. During his official visit to Hungary, the Czech Chief Justice met and had discussions with the management of the Curia as well as the representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office.