Constitutional amendment

President Rumen Radev has vetoed the controversial amendments to the Environmental Protection Act. This is understood by a Facebook announcement to the Speaker of Parliament Dimitar Glavchev.

Main opposition New Democracy lawmakers walked out of a parliamentary debate Friday in protest at what conservatives described as a "tsunami" of last-minute amendments to a bill submitted by the Finance Ministry.

GERB is withdrawing the amendment to the judicial law that would ban the foreign funding of local magistrate associations, announced the party's member Tsvetan Tsvetanov, quoted by bTV.

The amendment was approved at 1st reading together with other amendments to the judicial law.

The Bulgarian MPs approved at first reading amendments to the judiciary law concerning magistrates and their professional organisations, reported bTV.

The amendments tabled by the ruling majority were approved with 116 votes in favor, 6 against and 52 abstained and almost no debates.

President Rumen Radev has asked the Constitutional Court to consider some provisions of the Constitution with regard to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the President's press office said, quoted by bTV.

CETA includes issues of exclusive EU competence, of national competence and of shared competence between the EU and member states.

The European Parliament voted on July 6 to accept a proposal to suspend accession talks with Turkey if it goes ahead with the constitutional changes endorsed in the April 16 referendum, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

The European Parliament voted on July 6 to accept a proposal to suspend accession talks with Turkey if it goes ahead with the constitutional changes endorsed in the April 16 referendum.

Deputies in the Czech Republic voted overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment allowing ordinary citizens to carry arms and use them in case of a public emergency such as terrorism.

The Czech parliament has approved a constitutional amendment on security that allows ordinary citizens to take up arms against terrorists.

It was May 7, 2004, and Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Justice Minister Cemil Çiçek was at the podium in parliament, saying: "These amendments are a milestone in the history of the Republic of Turkey. They will hopefully further institutionalize our democracy, and our rights and freedoms will reach a more advanced point with these amendments." 

There will be no blitz-control at the National Assembly every first Wednesday of the month. The MPs adopted the amendments to the Rules of Organisation and Procedure of the National Assembly, FOCUS News Agency reports with 113 MPs votes in favour of the motion, 83 against, and zero abstaining.