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By the night of December 23, public lighting will be turned off in several opposition-led Hungarian cities in protest at the halving of the business tax on small and medium-sized businesses and sole proprietors by the Orbán government from from January.
The call for disconnection appeared on the Free Cities Facebook page, arguing that halving the business tax has nothing to do with tackling the economic crisis, it is a tool of Fidesz’s power play. and the individual compensation promised to settlements of more than 25,000 people will be distributed “at the will of Viktor Orbán, on a political basis.”
The business tax is one of the main sources of income for local governments. Annually, this amounts to a total of HUF 800 billion, which local governments spend on local public transport, garbage collection, road maintenance, public lighting, green space management, social subsidies and financing of theaters, cultural and sports activities. .
As a demonstration of their protest, the adherent municipalities will turn off the decorative lights of their settlements from 7:00 p.m. on December 23 in defense of public services.
– issued a call from Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, the independent mayor of all opposition-led districts of the capital, Péter Márki-Zay, Hódmezővásárhely and others, including Szeged, Szombathely, Érd, Pécs, Budaörs, Dunaújváros, Baja , Gödöllő, Ajka The leader of Siófok also signed.
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