Hungary has moved to curb the powers of the European Union Tuesday. Lawmakers in the country passed a resolution calling for the power of the EU Parliament to be reduced, claiming it had brought European democracy into a "dead end."
Passed by members of Hungary's Fidesz party, which is headed by Viktor Orbán, the resolution wants to give the country's parliament the ability to torpedo legislation proposed at the EU level.
This would reduce the ability of the European Parliament to make laws affecting Hungary and undermine the power of the bloc more generally.
“European democracy must be led out of the dead end into which the European Parliament has steered it,” the resolution reads. “The European Union must change because it is unprepared for the challenges of our times.”
The resolution, which was adopted with 130 votes in favour and 50 against, also stated that EU lawmakers should be put in power by national governments.
Parts of the resolution that want to transfer a major portion of the EU's lawmaking ability to national parliaments could antagonise EU officials, compounding Budapest's struggle to access the highly sort-after pot of money.
Authored by senior members of Orban's nationalist party, the document says the bloc's current treaties "are not an adequate basis for cooperation in a time of crisis."
