The leader of the Fidesz faction, Gergely Karácsony, responded on Facebook.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a halving of the business tax on SMEs and sole proprietorships, which, according to Mayor Gergely Karácsony and other opposition mayors, implemented Hungarian self-government. This cut significantly reduces free revenue for local governments.

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The prime minister’s announcement has nothing to do with dealing with the economic crisis, it has nothing to do with the cynical politicking of power.

Although the government has promised compensation, several mayors fear he will be left out for political reasons. Christmas put it

chatter about compensation. We know what they want: the mayor who shuts his mouth may survive, but it will no longer be a local government representing the will of local citizens, just a vassal of the government. We won’t be them!

Máté Kocsis, the leader of the Fidesz faction, who responded to this entry, wrote that a reduction in the business tax was needed so that companies could survive the economic effects of the epidemic and be able to maintain jobs.

Budapest companies do not have hundreds of billions in reserves, they have Christmas, they inherited it from Tarlós. In addition, Budapest remains the Hungarian city with the highest income.

According to Kocsis, in the midst of a pandemic, money should not be sprinkled on advisers and people appointed by politicians, should not be stolen, and then should get a tax cut.

It is not the mayor who needs financial help, but the people of Budapest. The economic effects of the epidemic must be mitigated, not hysterical, Mayor!


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