Hungary’s next government will have to operate within the confines of the actual situation of the economy, Peter Szijjarto, who heads the office of Fidesz leader Viktor Orban, told MTI in an interview.
Szijjarto said, however, that a Fidesz government’s first steps after the April elections would be to ease the everyday living conditions of ordinary Hungarians.
Measures will include cutting red tape, promoting businesses and restoring the former system of child benefits, he said.
Policymaking thereafter will very much depend on “how many skeletons are found in the closet”, Szijjarto said, accusing the ruling Socialists of concealing and manipulating economic figures.
Asked about the priorities of Fidesz, which is widely tipped to win a landslide in the elections, Szijjarto mentioned putting back the economy on its feet, job creation, saving the health care system and restoring social benefits centred around work, home and the family.
Concerning Jobbik, he said “it may be attractive if someone is shouting loudly and offering radical solutions but those who loudly champion radical ideas today will have no chance of translating them into reality tomorrow.”
“It was obviously bad governing by the Socialists that generated the Jobbik problem for Hungary,” the head of Orban’s office said.
