 The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and Politics Can Be Different (LMP), citing the ruling party's unwillingness to compromise on issues and their inability to change the outcome, boycotted both the drafting process and the vote.On 25 April, 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.