EC grants approval to partnership agreement with Hungary
The European Commission has granted its approval to the partnership agreement with Hungary concerning cohesion funding to the country in the 2021-2027 budgeting period.
The European Commission has granted its approval to the partnership agreement with Hungary concerning cohesion funding to the country in the 2021-2027 budgeting period.
The foreign minister said the Hungarian economy has “broken one record after another” in the past two years.
The NBH governor said that to eliminate the “last vestiges of the crisis”, Hungary will have to focus on competitiveness.
Hungary does not have time to wait for Brussels to approve its post-pandemic recovery plan, the government will use credit to finance its own HUF 2,500 billion (EUR 7bn) recovery...
The government has decided to put out a bid worth HUF 22 billion (EUR 63m) to help Hungarian companies impacted by Brexit.
The pot of subsidized loans that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises can draw on for investments is growing to HUF 300 billion (EUR 864m).
Sándor Bodó said the government had also been successful in saving jobs and creating new ones after the labor market took a significant hit from the pandemic.
Mihály Varga said he supported Hungary’s EU membership and would vote for its accession if the question were put to a referendum this year.
The government has now approved a total of 35 proposals put forward by the operative board set up to help jump-start the economy.
The government has adopted new proposals mostly concerning Hungary’s position in the international competition for investments.
The measures were proposed by the operative board for coordinating the economic recovery, which the foreign minister heads.
“Our aim now is to be the first [in the EU] to relaunch our economy," the foreign minister said.
The foreign minister has announced that the government has approved six proposals for coordinating economic recovery.