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Here is PM Orbán’s extraordinary announcement
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Hungary’s elderly will benefit from a pension supplement of “nearly half a month’s pension” in November, the prime minister announced on Thursday.
In a video uploaded to Facebook, Viktor Orbán greeted seniors on the occasion of the upcoming International Day for Older Persons and noted his government’s commitment to preserve the value of pensions.
“We have preserved the value of pensions each year, and if the economy was good, we could even ensure a pension premium,” he said. The government delivered on its pledge even at the time of the coronavirus pandemic and “now, at the time of the war in Ukraine”, he added.
“We want to build a country in which we weep together and laugh together, too,” the prime minister said.
Inflation has been higher than expected this year, which makes the pension supplement necessary, Orbán said.
Orbán suggested that “clear accounts” served to build “lasting friendships,” adding that “pensioners can rely on us.”
Gulyás: Brussels abusing its powers
“Brussels is abusing its powers, while the European Commission is playing for time,” the head of the Prime Minister’s Office told a press briefing on Thursday, assessing the situation of the payment of European Union funds to Hungary.
Gergely Gulyás said the Commission is dragging its feet in order not to give teachers a pay increase, to prevent healthcare developments from taking place and to keep Hungarian students from getting the scholarships they are entitled to, primarily the Erasmus funds.
The Commission’s procedure has no legal basis whatsoever, they pose new questions after legislative amendments are confirmed in writing, he said.
The Hungarian government will answer the questions, the minister said, adding that, hopefully, the new questions were not asked because the money was spent on something else, “God forbid, given to a country that is not a member of the European Union”.
Statistically, let it NOT be forgotten, that there has been, in the 14 years, of the Orban Government, more Hungarians have “passed on” than new “little ones” born.
Hungary – we are an ageing Society.
Hungary – our population continues to Decrease.
Hungary – our Economy is SMASHED.
Hungary – Social Inequality widens by the Day – that see’s the Rich getting Richer and the Poor getting Poorer.
Nothing is getting CHEAPER in Hungary.