US EditionLiberal Mayor Stops Public Transport in Budapest to Protest Orbán
- On Friday, 6 June, Budapest's liberal Mayor Gergely Karácsony ordered a ten-minute halt of all public transport to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's policies.
- Karácsony warned earlier that public transport might stop for up to ten weeks due to financial strain caused by the Hungarian State Treasury removing funds from the city government.
- The Hungarian State Treasury has withdrawn 10.2 billion HUF from Budapest's government accounts, primarily consisting of solidarity contribution payments collected from wealthier municipalities, a move that Mayor Karácsony argues has put the city at risk of insolvency.
- Fidesz representatives claim that Mayor Karácsony acted unlawfully by approving a budget with a 50 billion HUF deficit, while Budapest has initiated legal action to contest the funds being withheld.
- Earlier this year, Budapest's leadership allocated a substantial sum of billions of Forints to purchase the Rákosrendező area, aiming to block a new investment project approved by the Orbán administration in cooperation with the UAE.
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hungarianconservative.comLiberal Mayor Stops Public Transport in Budapest to Protest Orbán
Gergely Karácsony, the liberal Mayor of Budapest, ordered all public transport in the city to stop between 11.50am and 12.00pm on Friday, 6 June. Budapest residents leading up to the halt could hear M
The first capital of the province of Budapest, led by the liberal opposition, stopped the urban transport for 10 minutes to protest against the amount of tax imposed by former Conservative Victor Orban's metropolis in support of small towns.
The first capital of the province of Budapest, led by the liberal opposition, stopped the city's transport for 10 minutes to protest against the amount of tax imposed by former conservator Viktor Orban's metropolis for support...
Public transport in Budapest was suspended for ten minutes on Friday. In a video posted on Facebook, Mayor Gergely Karácsony told the capital's residents that it was the first warning against the government's actions, which are politically and financially punishing Budapest. Referring to the portal szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, the TASR correspondent in Budapest reports. The left-wing mayor stressed that the municipality did not want to cause inconv…
A villa in Svabheg, which was previously to be converted into a presidential residence, was demolished. “It’s a shame that the prime minister came here for this” – we visited Tarnazsadány, where Viktor Orbán announced the fight against drugs. “If Budapest is bankrupted, that’s it for the Hungarian economy”. Another Fidesz mayor spoke to the government spokesperson about the gossip. “This far and no further!” – Budapest’s public transport has sto…
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