Although, according to Viktor Orbán, the capital has a hundred billion guilders that can be used freely, which should be spent to help the people of Budapest, the mayor flatly refutes this.

Viktor Orbán spoke in an interview broadcast by m1 last Saturday, among others, that “Budapest has one hundred billion florins that can be used freely, it must be used to help the people of the capital.” He mentioned the considerable amount of money in connection with the fact that in his opinion tourism in Budapest is really in big trouble now, because foreign-based tourism has been discontinued. “I also don’t think tourism will return to normal in 2021,” he predicted. He added that maintaining the standard of living of families is an important task.

At the same time, according to Gergely Karácsony, mayor of Budapest, there are not hundreds of billions of guilders in the capital’s coffers. In his Facebook post, he wrote that “the capital has no money to take over government functions. We do not have 100 billion, we are 150 billion less. In addition to the effects of the epidemic and the economic recession, government austerity is a large part of that. money, more responsibility. I suggest that the government transfers half of the astronomical amounts of the EU Recovery Fund pro rata to municipalities, who, regardless of party affiliation, will use it much more profitably than the government. “


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