There have been opposition initiatives to investigate the mandatory accumulation of wealth by politicians before, but these have repeatedly been defeated by the two-thirds opposition of Fidesz. Now, however, the new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, who has a two-thirds majority behind him, has thrown the initiative into the public consciousness. The question is what the tax authority will do about the practical problems.
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.
There have been opposition initiatives to investigate the mandatory accumulation of wealth by politicians before, but these have repeatedly been defeated by the two-thirds opposition of Fidesz. Now, however, the new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, who has a two-thirds majority behind him, has thrown the initiative into the public consciousness. The question is what the tax authority will do about the practical problems.