Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to cancel the European country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, as set in motion by the country's nationalist former premier Viktor Orban last year.
Orban's government decided to withdraw from the ICC, saying the court had become "political," during a visit from the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, upon whom the ICC had issued an arrest warrant based on allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Orban’s pro-EU conservative successor 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.
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