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Hungarian Parliament Approves 2023 Budget

D&T — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:57:00 +0000

The ruling party majority of Hungarian Parliament adopted Hungary's 2023 central budget on Tuesday by 135 votes to 54. In next year's budget, the government expects economic growth of 4.1%, a deficit target of 3.5% and inflation of 5.25%. Earlier, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said the government was counting on several factors: a prolonged war […]

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Tax Law Amended Amid Extensive Protests

D&T — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:21:31 +0000

The government majority of Hungarian Parliament passed the modification of the KATA (Lump sum tax of small enterprises) tax law, which means that from September, workers paying tax according to this tax regulation, will only be allowed to work for private individuals – except for taxi drivers who are indicated as exemptions in the modified […]

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Viktor Orbán Re-elected as Prime Minister

D&T — Mon, 16 May 2022 13:11:00 +0000

Viktor Orbán was elected head of government for the fifth time after 1998, 2010, 2014 and 2018. The President of the ruling Fidesz party, who has held the post of prime minister without interruption since 2010, was elected with the 133 votes of his party with 27 MPs voting against him and the rest of […]

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Inaugural Session of the New Hungarian Parliament

D&T — Mon, 02 May 2022 15:17:00 +0000

Hungary’s new parliament held its opening session this Monday following the April 3 general elections. Shortly after 11 a.m., President János Áder opened the inaugural session of Hungary’s ninth freely elected National Assembly. Based on the results of the April 3 general elections, the Fidesz-KDNP alliance won 135 out of 199 seats in the Hungarian […]

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New Parliament Convened for May 2

D&T — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:15:00 +0000

Hungarian President János Áder has convened the inaugural session of the National Assembly for May 2, according to a resolution of the Head of State published on the website of the Office of the President of the Republic. According to the Basic Law (that replaced Hungary’s constitution in 2011), the President of the Republic convenes […]

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Parliamentary Elections in Hungary This Sunday

D&T — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:39:00 +0000

Hungarians go to the polls this Sunday to elect a new parliament and decide whether to keep the government of Viktor Orbán in power or favor the united opposition headed by prime ministerial candidate Péter Márky-Zay. Most opinion polls forecast a close result. According to the Basic Law of Hungary, which went into force on […]

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Hungarian Parliament Elects the Country's New President

D&T — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:22:00 +0000

Katalin Novák was elected as president of the republic by Hungarian Parliament mainly with the votes of the the two-thirds majority of the governing parties. Out of 188 valid votes, the former minister without portfolio received 137 votes and economist Péter Róna, the opposition candidate, 51. Nominated by the ruling party Fidesz and its small […]

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Hungarian Parliamentary Elections Set for April 3

D&T — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:09:05 +0000

President János Áder has called the parliamentary elections for April 3, 2022, which is the earliest possible date for the election to be held, according to the law. As the state news agency MTI reports, the deadlines related to the election are set by decree of the Minister of Justice after the election is set, […]

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Hungarian Gov't Redefines Public Money in Fundamental Law

D&T — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:11:15 +0000

This Tuesday, the governing majority in Hungarian Parliament passed the 9th modification to the Fundamental Law (that is, the country's consitution) since that was adopted in 2011, redefining public money and the concept of family, among others. The amendment defines the concept of public money "in order to develop a uniform practice for constitutional bodies." […]

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State of Danger Replaced by Disease Control Preparedness

D&T — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:08:00 +0000

The Hungarian government declared a state of disease control preparedness based on which the government can declare a health crisis whenever it deems necessary and rule by decree. It was on Tuesday this week that Hungarian Parliament unanimously lifted the 'special legal order' that had given basically unlimited power to the government since March 31 […]

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First Democratic Government Formed 30 Years Ago

D&T — Sat, 23 May 2020 13:49:31 +0000

It was on May 23, 1990 that Hungarian parliament, the first democratically elected one for over four decades, elected historian József Antall as the Prime Minister of the country to head a center-right coalition government that enjoyed a 60% majority in the national assembly. As part of the transition from one-party communist style rule to […]

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The Law to Give Government Extra Powers Takes Effect

D&T — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:46:00 +0000

The government of Viktor Orbán has been granted sweeping new powers for an unlimited period of time to manage the country’s coronavirus epidemic. According to a government spokesman, this law – which allows the government to bypass parliament – makes it possible to introduce “extraordinary measures” that are needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]

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Former Hungarian MP Remembered in Parliament

D&T — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:39:36 +0000

Members of Hungarian Parliament have held a minute of silence to remember former MP János Horváth who died in Budapest last week in his 99th year of age. János Horváth was a member of the National Assembly between 1945 and 1947, and from 1998 to 2014. From 2003 to 2014, he was the oldest Speaker […]

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