The majority on the Court said the Basic Law bans referendums on international agreements.

The Together-Dialogue alliance had taken the question to the Court as it wanted to start a campaign for a referendum on the issue.

The question submitted by Viktor Szigetvári and Benedek Jávor was “Do you agree that no new nuclear reactor blocks should be built in Hungary from a loan that will increase the state debt?”

The Together-Dialogue alliance accepts the ruling but observed that the Court did not examine the question substantively.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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