He said that this year it will be a superhuman job to provide public services.

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None of us thought of such a year, the last 12 months have been the most difficult period in life for many of us, said Mayor Gergely Karácsony in his New Year’s greeting.

No one could have been prepared for the fact that the epidemic could endanger thousands of human lives and hundreds of thousands of stocks, and that Budapest would find itself in such a difficult situation.

It is as if we are beginning to get used to the numbers, to put up with the sad statistics. But these are missing persons.

According to Christmas, we must not forget those who fought for the city to overcome the epidemic. He thanked the health, social and public sector workers, volunteers and all the people of Budapest for following the strict epidemiological norms.

In the 5-minute video, he repeatedly criticized the government: he said that although curbing the epidemic was a task of the state, all municipalities took their part.

Unfortunately, we have to experience that the Hungarian government is fighting the epidemic with only one hand, because with the other it has been fighting local governments, especially opposition local governments.

The direct economic effects of the epidemic were also severely affected in Budapest in 2020, but in 2021 the epidemic and economic recession will be accompanied by government austerity.

Given the many tens of billions of withdrawals and the economic recession, the key challenge for the New Year will be to further secure public services. In 2021, only superhuman work can guarantee that the bus arrives, that good-quality drinking water flows from the tap and the garbage is removed, said Gergely Karácsony, who says that Budapest cannot be defeated, his strength is the self-awareness of the people. .

He believes that 2021 will be a year of a new beginning, of new planning, he is confident that with the help of the vaccine we can overcome the epidemic, fear can be replaced by caution, the crisis can be replaced by recovery.

Trust that after the epidemic we will do much better, people will pay more attention to the planet, the environment and also to others. Even if last year’s wish didn’t come true, now he wishes everyone a happier, happier and healthier New Year.


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