Fidesz May Have Reported Falsified Military Data to NATO
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HVG: The previous government set the number of armed forces to be higher than the real number for years by the previous government to NATO - The figures have been corrected, according to the Ministry of Defense, the discrepancy was caused by the previous rejuvenation and the handover of the Army Hospital.
The 2023 number had to be adjusted by several thousand soldiers.
The Fidesz government reported to NATO that the defense force was larger by about 2,500 soldiers, or a medium-sized brigade, in 2023, the HVG wrote, adding that the Tisza cabinet significantly corrected the figures for later years in addition to the 2023 data.
The new leadership had to correct the data afterwards. The post Szalay-Bobrovniczky reported many more soldiers to NATO than there were in reality first appeared on 24.hu.
The Fidesz government reported the Hungarian Armed Forces to NATO as being larger by about 2,500 soldiers, or a medium-sized brigade, in 2023. There are indications that they may have tinkered with the number of personnel later, which the Tisza cabinet is now trying to correct.
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