Social consultation on the government decree aimed at improving goods Both customers and the environment win if a product remains usable for a longer period of time. The service life of consumer goods is increased by their repairability, and an upcoming government decree aims to encourage this, on which anyone can express their opinion until Saturday on the social consultation page. Social consultation began on the draft government decree strengthening consumer protection. The government is preparing to adopt the European Union regulation on the right to repair. According to this, from July …

The Parliament voted on the 17th amendment to the Basic Law Following the social dialogue, the Parliament adopted the 17th amendment to the Basic Law, which, among other things, terminates the mandate of Tamás Sulyok as President of the Republic, limits the terms of parliamentary representatives to 12 years, and establishes the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office. The government initiated a social dialogue on the planned amendments to the Basic Law before submitting the bill. The experiences of tens of thousands of opinions, ideas and proposals were also incorporated into the…

The prime minister attended the handover of Mercedes-Benz's new production line in Kecskemét "In this new factory building, we see not only the expansion of production capacities, but also the strengthening of the domestic economy, knowledge and innovation capacity," said Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Monday, at the inauguration of the 1 billion euro investment. Mercedes' next-generation electric C-Class will be manufactured in the new factory building in Kecskemét. With the handover of the new factory building, the Kecskemét plant became the second largest Mercedes factory in the world and…

The Hungarian recovery plan was accepted, EU funds can come As the last step in the process, the Council of Finance Ministers of the European Union approved the modified recovery plan of the Hungarian government, so now Hungary will definitely receive the previously frozen 10 billion euros. At the end of May, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that an agreement had been reached with the European Commission on the release of 16.4 billion euros from the funds addressed to Hungary. Of this, 10 billion euros will come in connection with the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Plan, to ac…

The government has submitted a bill on the establishment of the NVVH In the past two decades, according to estimates, 30,000 billion forints worth of public assets illegally migrated into private pockets. The task of the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office is to track down the missing billions, identify those responsible, take back illegally acquired assets, and prevent similar abuses from happening in the future. The protection of public property is the basic task of the rule of law. It is not possible to return to democracy without finding out who misused the public funds e…

Hungary joined the European Public Prosecutor's Office The board approved the Hungarian government's application for membership, so it can also investigate financial abuses involving European Union funds in Hungary. The government is committed to the restoration of the rule of law, part of which is joining the European Public Prosecutor's Office, for the sake of transparency, accountability and the protection of public property. The Hungarian government requested his admission to the board in May. As the next step in accession, the Hungarian authorities will nominate three candidates, from w…

In five cases, the government filed a complaint for damages totaling 106 billion The fact that the name of a man in a black hood who acted violently against protesters during the previous Prime Minister's tour of the country was found in the Prime Minister's previous Fidesz documents may point to party organizational interests. Traces of suspicious contracts, payments, and connections were found in the five cases uncovered as part of the investigation that began after the change of government. It is suspected that the perpetrators caused a total of HUF 106 billion in damage. The Prime Ministe…

The government will pay 26 billion to the district heating fund to maintain the reduction in utilities Among other things, the government decided on the preservation of utility reduction, the strengthening of consumer protection, the transformation of the Chamber of Agriculture and the grace period for the transition to e-referrals. In order to maintain the utility reduction, the government pays HUF 25.9 billion into the district heating fund. From this fund, the district heating providers finance the difference between the fixed residential pricing and the actual operating costs. With the p…

Péter Magyar: We succeeded in strengthening the unity of NATO For the first time, Péter Magyar represented Hungary at the NATO summit as Prime Minister, who described the one and a half day meeting in Ankara as a good atmosphere. After the discussions, he announced that Hungary has undertaken to increase its defense spending over the next ten years. Hungary will raise its defense spending to 5 percent by 2035, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced after the NATO summit in Ankara. The Prime Minister described the meeting as a good atmosphere in his video message sent from the Turkish capital.…

The government initiated an extraordinary parliamentary session In addition to the 17th amendment to the Basic Law, the revision of the equity-based drug and medical aid support system and proposals related to the right to strike for teachers are also on the planned agenda. On behalf of the government, Prime Minister Bálint Ruff proposed the extraordinary session, primarily in order to discuss and adopt the proposal on the seventeenth amendment of the Basic Law as soon as possible. Postponing the decision would delay the implementation of the planned constitutional and institutional changes,…

NATO summit: the government provides only humanitarian aid to Ukraine Prime Minister Péter Magyar began his visit to Ankara with bilateral negotiations. Before the NATO summit, he held a separate meeting with the heads of government of Norway, Canada and Montenegro. Financial support to Ukraine is expected to be a topic at the plenary meeting of the military association. Hungary does not provide Ukraine with weapons, troops, or military support, the Hungarian Prime Minister declared in a video message sent from the Turkish capital. Péter Magyar said that a declaration on the financial suppor…

The Parliament voted to prepare the public of agent files With the support of all the representatives present, the Parliament approved the draft law which, at the initiative of the government, prepares the investigation of the secret service activities of the previous regime and establishes the Historical Archives of the State Security Services. The Parliament accepted with 188 yes votes to begin the investigation of the past of the state security services. Pursuant to the recently voted law, the review of the classification of the surviving documents can begin. As a first step, the nationa…