 On April 25, President Pál Schmitt signed the document into law, and it entered into force on the first day of 2012.The enactment came halfway through Hungary's six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union.According to Fidesz parliamentary group chairman János Lázár, the constitution marks a break with Hungary’s communist past, while Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said it completes a transition to democracy and allows for sound finances and clean government after years of mismanagement and scandals.