US EditionBREAKING! Public Transport in Budapest to Pause on Friday
- Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced a 10-minute public transport pause on Friday involving 27,000 city council employees.
- The pause follows government seizure of Budapest's empty accounts, pushing the city toward bankruptcy and triggering union strike preparations.
- Karácsony stated unions trust residents' solidarity and see this pause as a warning to demand the return of illegally taken funds.
- He emphasized that they need to unite in urging the government to return funds that were unlawfully withheld and to stop policies that discriminate against Budapest.
- The pause highlights escalating tensions, with government critics blaming Karácsony for the crisis while the mayor urges dialogue with Prime Minister Orbán.
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This is not a strike, but an ownership decision, said the mayor.
The capital will become insolvent in the first half of the summer, and the BKV will also completely stop if the government continues to collect debts and drain the bank accounts of the Metropolitan Municipality. Several versions are possible if the new collection occurs. For example, a bankruptcy trustee could be appointed to lead Budapest, or it could even be that the government takes over public transport.
Dávid Vitézy does not think that Friday's traffic shutdown will particularly affect the government. Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced that Budapest's ... ...
For now, BKK doesn't know exactly how the public transport shutdown on Friday will work. The impact is even more questionable.
BP Public Transport to Halt for 10 Minutes on Friday in Protest Over City’s Financial Struggles - Budapest Business Journal
Public transportation in the Hungarian capital will come to a standstill for 10 minutes this Friday, from 11:50 a.m. to noon, Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced during an interview with Partizán on Monday.
Gergely Karácsony is criticizing public transport workers against the government.
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