Is Hungary really kicking out Tesco, Lidl and Aldit?

There is nothing wrong with the plan for the development of Hungarian agriculture and food industry. Furthermore, taking advantage of the country’s natural endowments, few better ideas can be produced. If European Union funds were actually spent more efficiently and usefully, Hungary would certainly have an even stronger food and agriculture industry today. In addition to strengthening the national food industry, János Lázár’s main message was that the government’s future plans also include the displacement of foreign retail chains, for which an openly protectionist policy will be followed. We have to be offensive in this, because there have to be Hungarian national retailers, said János Lázár. As the government commissioner said, we have to “dominate this market, in our own interest.”

Strategic sectors

Retail is not the first sector in which the government wants Hungarian players to advance, but it is almost certainly the only sector in which there has been no progress in ten years. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke four years ago that “there are four areas where national capital needs to grow above international capital. These are the media, banks, energy and the retail network. There are three of us, our teeth are broken in the fourth. Therefore, we are forced to work on new ideas. Unfortunately, commercial networks are smarter than us. A few more years and we will achieve that goal ”.