Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Sounion, Greece, May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hungary will proceed with a parliamentary vote this week on the government's so called "Stop Soros" bill without waiting for the opinion of a panel of law experts, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
The vote is scheduled for Wednesday while the Venice Commission, a panel of constitutional law experts of the human rights body Council of Europe, is due to issue its opinion on the bill only on Friday.
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