France, May 28 -- Orban announced Hungary's withdrawal last year, decrying the tribunal as a "political court". It came during a state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close Orban ally and the subject of an ICC arrest warrant over Israel's war in Gaza.

Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won a landslide electoral victory in April, vowed he would reverse the exit process before it took effect on 2 June.

After fast-tracking a bill to repeal the legislation taking Hungary out of the ICC, he secured parliament's approval on Wednesday, with MPs voting by 133 to 37 to stay a member of the court.

Magyar has already indicated that Hungary remains committed to executing ICC warrants - including against Netanyahu, who has alrea...