Hungary lawmakers vote to stop Orban-initiated ICC exit

BUDAPEST — Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to cancel the European country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court set in motion by former nationalist premier Viktor Orban last year. Pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won a landslide electoral victory in April, vowed he would reverse the year-long exit process before it takes effect on June 2. The 199-member parliament voted 133 for, 37 against with five abstentions to formally repeal a law on exiting the ICC, just ahead of the deadline. READ: Hungary: What will become of Orban and his system? Magyar submitted the bill on Monday […]...

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