“Hungary breaks its promise if …” – the news of the day
There will be no tax increase for the population – a decree issued by the Prime Minister for Social Affairs on the World Economy podcast. Zsolt Nyitrai said that the global situation also affects Hungary, all of which will require budgetary discipline, but there will certainly be no restrictions on people. The Prime Minister’s representative emphasized that Hungary would receive the resources of the European European Recovery Fund, and the Hungarian government would fight for these subsidies. He also talked about the inaugural session of the newly elected parliament at the end of April and the beginning of May.
Hungary’s energy supply is secure, and it will continue to be so in the future – there is no foreign and foreign minister on Facebook. Péter Szijjártó explained that based on the contractual relationship between MVM’s subsidiary, CEEnergy and Gazprom’s subsidiary, Gazpromexport, and the technical negotiations of recent days, it is possible to pay for the delivered natural gas in the manner prescribed by the supplier without understanding the Brussels sanctions.
Hungary will not send weapons and troops to Ukraine, it has been authorized to do so in the elections, the secretary of state for international communications and relations stressed in an interview with CNN’s US news television. Zoltán Kovács Christiane Amanpour, the leading international correspondent for news television, asked how a different Hungarian opinion on this issue could be explained. The Secretary of State is not separate, he is 100% in favor of the decisions of NATO and the European Union. He also talked about the fact that there is no common public procurement procedure for gas and oil purchases for the members of the European Union, therefore Hungary complies with the agreements concluded with Russia. It is only a technical question in what currency Hungarians pay. This does not mean circumventing international policy on sanctions.
According to the President of the European Commission, Hungary will violate EU sanctions if it fulfills the promise to pay for Russian energy in rubles. Ursula von der Leyen, also in an interview with CNN, said they had analyzed the Russian president’s decree: what Vladimir Putin is proposing to convert the euro into a ruble and then a gas bill solution would be a breach of sanctions. He added: Hungary has so far insisted on sanctions, and hopefully it will remain so.
There will be a partial factory shutdown at Tungsram from Monday. The workers concerned are sent on leave. Zalai Hírlap writes, referring to the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, that Tungsram has been in an unsolvable situation due to economic circumstances. Jörg Bauer said that only immediate government assistance would allow the historical Hungarian brand to continue to operate. According to him, the whole European industry is threatened by the escape of energy prices, the shortage and rise in price of raw materials, and transport difficulties.
Preliminary aggregation of party-listed ballot papers for letter-polls has been completed. According to final figures, 318,083 ballot papers were returned to the National Electoral Office. The number of valid party-listed letter votes was 264,031, while the voting document was invalid for about 50,000 of the letter packages received. NVI staff are already working on aggregating votes. The results of the national list election will be determined by the National Election Commission no later than April 22.
Not only have the opposition parties been defeated, but the demand for freedom and a European homeland and civic ideals, the chairman of the Democratic Coalition said at the party’s political deliberations. Evaluating the election results, Ferenc Gyurcsány said that he had suffered the worst defeat in the last 30 years on the democratic side. The party chairman said it was suicide to elect a candidate for prime minister who wanted to replace the opposition, which he should have won and ruled. He explained that after the defeat, there is no need to explain, to look for a scapegoat, but to face and fight, without compromise and honestly, and DK will do that.
Firefighters were alerted to 33 locations due to stormy weather. In most cases, due to the danger of felled tree branches, fallen trees and carbon monoxide, the emergency responders had to deal with the effects of the storm, he told the National Directorate General for Disaster Management. Most of their alarms were in Budapest. Firefighters were also alerted to strong winds and, in ten cases, carbon monoxide. The wind can then blow the combustion product back into the chimney, resulting in imperfect combustion, resulting in carbon monoxide.
The Bosch exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts opens. The exhibition is open to the public from today until July 17. László Baán, the director general of the Museum of Fine Arts, emphasized that the exhibition, which was realized as part of the Bartók Spring International Art Weeks, features a total insurance value of one billion euros. Almost half of the surviving oeuvre of the Dutch painter, ten paintings and several drawings can be seen. Original masterpieces came from Paris, Boston, Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt and Rotterdam, among others.