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Municipalities across the country will launch local referendums to ensure that local governments receive at least half of the EU aid fund for the coronavirus epidemic, Gergely Karácsony announced at the Joint Free Cities Expo on Saturday.
Photo: MTI Photo / Zoltán Balogh
This is one last big attack on European Union money – Magyar Hang quotes the mayor as saying.
In total, Hungary may receive more than 6 billion euros, or more than 2 billion guilders, from the EU rescue package against the coronavirus, most of which (4.64 billion) is made up of the reconstruction fund .
On behalf of several Hungarian local governments, we are taking the initiative to have the European Commission and the European Parliament support our efforts to ensure that at least half of this support can be used by Hungary through local governments, Christmas said.
This type of request is now taking it to a new level. The politician took the initiative of “free cities and free settlements” to launch a local referendum movement to obtain funds from the EU.
In November this year, city councils could decide to start these local referendums and, in accordance with legal procedure, could also hold referendums next spring. The same question will be asked everywhere, more than 20 municipalities have already joined the joint action, but they hope that others will make a similar decision, he added.
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