Death penalty in Hungary : Dialogue of deaf with Orbán

"There is no divine commandment in the treaties. But there is a commandment: 'Thou shalt not kill'," EP President Martin Schulz declared following the remarks by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before the European Parliament's plenary in Strasbourg, on 19 May. "This is about man-made law, not God-given law," said Orbán. The debate over reinstatement of capital punishment erupted in Hungary on 28 April, after the murder of a shop employee. For nearly two hours, MEPs failed to present a…