September 21st, 2009

Orbán says Fidesz to scrap 2010 budget if returned to power

Fidesz will revoke the 2010 budget if it gains power next year, party leader Viktor Orbán told HírTV Friday evening. Calling the budget the most dangerous of the past 20 years, Orbán said it will endanger hundreds of thousands of Hungarian families.

The budget submitted to Parliament will delay national renewal by six months, so the date of elections is not irrelevant, he said.

A Fidesz government would create one million jobs in ten years, Orbán added, a promise also made by Fidesz caucus leader Tibor Navracsics in an interview with Magyar Hírlap on Friday. If Fidesz wins the next elections, the new cabinet, unlike the Socialist Party, will want to devote all resources towards economic growth by focusing on SMEs, said Navracsics.

It was unfortunate for Orbán to scare others by saying that his party will revoke the budget, government spokesman Domokos Szollár said in response.

A Socialist spokesman called Orbán’s statement a danger to economic stability.

On Thursday Navracsics held talks in Stockholm with the state secretary and European affairs committee chairman of the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office. Sweden holds the rotating EU presidency now and Hungary will do so in 2011.

Topics
Share
Comments
The All Hungary Media Group is firmly committed to freedom of expression and therefore applies a mostly "hands off" approach to comment moderation. Comments left by readers represent their own views and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of the staff, editors or owner of the All Hungary Media Group, who nonetheless reserve the right to remove comments that are off-topic or which moderators consider to constitute "hate speech." Also note that in order to prevent spam we generally close entries off to comments several days after publication.

Comments are closed.