The Prime Minister asked the Prime Minister to cooperate with local governments and to do everything possible to ensure that the European subsidies pending due to the Hungarian veto reach the population as soon as possible.

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It is inconceivable and unacceptable that, in this situation, it is waging a war against two of its key allies, the Hungarian municipalities and the European Union, which are key to tackling the epidemic and the economic crisis ”.

– can be read in the open letter sent by Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday. He continued: “It is a harmful and shortsighted policy that puts the interests of the small power before the interests of the country as a whole.”

The mayor sees that while local governments have often assumed state epidemiological responsibilities since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, the government has made a number of decisions that make them financially impossible.

According to a Christmas letter, the income of the Metropolitan Municipality fell more than 20 percent, and in this situation, “the government has begun to bleed the capital. The tax to be paid by the city, the so-called solidarity contribution, has been increased three and a half times. Yesterday’s decision by parliament more than quadrupled the utility tax of Hungary’s largest drinking water provider, Fővárosi Vízművek, and state coffers still, illegally, still do not pay a fifth of the garbage fee paid by the residents of Budapest to FKF. And if all that wasn’t enough, comes László Parragh, who obviously came up with the idea to further deduct business tax and cut local government revenue to goad you. “

It would overthrow the capital’s public services for 25 billion, but give up 2.8 billion

– the mayor raised the issue that Hungary and Poland had blocked decisions on the European Union budget for the next seven years and the corresponding recovery fund. The 2.8 billion HUF is the amount that the EU recovery program would provide for the recovery of the Hungarian economy in the next three years.

Don’t dig into the pockets of local governments, but slap us in the palm of your hand. “

– finally, advised Christmas, who also asked Orban to do everything possible so that European subsidies reach the Hungarian people as soon as possible.


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Based on the idea of ​​László Parragh, several L derinc Mészáros companies would be exempt from corporation tax



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Economy

Regardless of sales revenue, small and medium-sized companies would be exempt from paying business taxes, so even Lőrinc Mészáros, who is earning HUF 87 billion, would not have to pay taxes on some of his companies next year. An important part of the municipalities is trapped in the new withdrawal.

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At home

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