MEPs at the Civil Liberties Committee debated on the concerns as to whether the laws implementing Hungary's new constitution are compatible with EU rules and values. Some MEPs favoured awaiting the European Commission's analysis of the laws, while some MEPs proposed a "fundamental rights check" to determine whether there is a risk of a serious breach of EU values.

MEPs have initiated a debate at the Civil Liberties Committee in the European Parliament in order to evaluated Hungary's controversial laws. In particular, concerns as to whether the laws implementing Hungary's new constitution are compatible with EU rules and values were raised by Civil Liberties Committee.

The Commission’s Director General for Justice, Françoise Le Bail, was also at the debate and he explained that the Commission is carrying out an evaluation of the compliance of the Hungarian laws with EU law. The evaluation is focusing on three issues: measures to retire judges and prosecutors at 62 years old, rather than 70, the independence of the judiciary and the independence of the data protection authority.

Some MEPs agreed in taken action even before the Commission's evaluation is finished. Renate Weber, MEP, highlighted that the Parliament is entitled by the Lisbon Treaty to take action. She recalled issues such as the Hungarian media law, the Roma in France, upon which the Commission had begun very bluntly but lost momentum thereafter, and voiced concern over Hungary's cardinal laws. Ms Le Bail, from the Commission told MEPs after the debate, that what the Commission is expecting from Hungary is full compliance with EU laws, the wording and the spirit of the EU Treaties and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights.