Much ado about nothing: parliament debates a budget nobody’s seen

László Toroczkai highlighted that the prime minister had spoken about railway development, a social housing construction programme, and many other matters for which the 6,000 billion forints in European Union funding would be needed. He added that this sum had previously been referred to as a cornerstone of the 2027 budget by both Tisza MPs and members of the government.

He referred to the prime minister’s radio interview of 14 September, in which Magyar Péter stated that, under EU pressure, details had to be smuggled into what he called the “child protection law package” — details that had resulted in the Emberség Erejével Foundation being able to hold a career orientation presentation for 7–8-year-old children at the Újpetre primary school that also addressed the questioning of traditional gender roles.

According to the opposition politician, there will be a grave cost for children and future generations if the prime minister “rolled over” to any form of EU pressure.

The debate on the 2027 budget should be conducted once the draft is known, said János Bóka, the parliamentary group leader of Fidesz, at Monday’s session of the National Assembly, responding to the prime minister’s address delivered before the start of the agenda.

The MP objected that Péter Magyar had spoken for more than two hours about a budget that had not yet been submitted. Moreover, the prime minister had failed to mention key parameters such as the inflation rate, economic growth, and national debt figures projected for next year’s budget, he added.

He believes the government is failing to deliver on the promises made to any occupational group during the election campaign, and that wage increases will not be on the scale that Tisza had promised.

Artificial intelligence was used for the translation of parts of the original Hungarian text.