The Government Is Rewriting the 2026 Budget, the Deficit Target Will Increase to 7.5 Percent

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The government is amending the 2026 budget: it plans 700 billion HUF in savings, a Disaster Fund, and new social measures.

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Piroska Szalai, a Fidesz politician, was struck by the fact that the government would brutally increase the national debt.

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This year, state operations will be more economical by a total of about 700 billion forints, and the deficit target will be 7.5 percent.

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The Ministry of Finance calls this the "budget of reality" after it was previously revealed that the Orbán government had kept quiet about a series of expenditures and that this year's deficit was actually pointing towards 8.3 percent instead of 3.7.