Katalin Ertsey

Who is Katalin Ertsey?

Katalin Ertsey is a Hungarian journalist and politician, member of the National Assembly from Politics Can Be Different National List since 2010. She is a member of the Committee on Consumer Protection since May 14, 2010 and Committee on Foreign Affairs since March 7, 2011.

In April 2011 Ertsey said about the new constitution that its fails to account for the constantly-changing family patterns of the 21st century and the couples planning to have children at a future date or single-parent families have not been mentioned in the constitution. She also called for more parliamentary representation for women. Later she said increasing the number of women was a basic need in a country where they account for 52 percent of society but have only 9 percent representation in parliament.

Ertsey spoke against domestic violence in September 2012 responding to the assertion of MP István Varga who said there would be no domestic violence if women had four or five children instead of only one or two during a parliamentary debate.