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A new round begins in the war between PM Viktor Orbán and opposition-lead Budapest
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A number of opposition parties criticised supplemental measures to the government’s plan to shield the economy from epidemic fallout announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday. Meanwhile, Fidesz says that Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is sapping the capital of ten years of reserves in two years.
The spokesman for the Democratic Coalition (DK) said the government had “dug deep into the pockets of municipal councils” by halving the local business tax. The party called on the government to instead waive the corporate tax and give direct support to businesses in trouble as well as people who have lost their jobs because of “insufficient government action to protect workplaces”, Balázs Barkóczi said.
Jobbik head Péter Jakab said in a message on Facebook that the government’s pledge to cover two-thirds of payroll costs in sectors forced to shutter because of the epidemic was “too little even for cosmetic relief”, adding that no mention was made of raising job-seekers’ benefits.
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The Socialists’ co-leader Bertalan Tóth said a reduction in the VAT rate on staples or an increase in job-seekers’ benefits would have helped, but “the Fidesz regime again does not provide assistance to people struggling to get by”.
I agree in this difficult situation VAT should be reduced.
We, in the UK had VAT removed for 1 year due to recession.
In Hungary too no VAT