ABSTRACT
One of the most important changes in constitutional jurisprudence was the reduction of the level of the protection of property rights. The economic crisis of 2008 and especially the rapid exchange rate depreciation of the Hungarian forint resulted in a significantly worsened situation of debtors. Legislative acts aiming to help the situation and related judicial decisions were reviewed by the Constitutional Court continuously. Hungary was deeply affected by the migration influx to Europe in 2015. In that year, more than 400,000 migrants arrived in the country, and most of them moved on to Austria and Germany. The Constitutional Court was involved in the fight against 'illegal migration'. Compared with France, Britain or Germany, Hungary has not been directly affected by terrorism. Both the available qualitative and quantitative research show that in controversial political issues the Court usually makes a decision favourable for the Government, and that the new judges more or less follow their own political orientations.
