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Hungarian government to continue utility price cap scheme
The funds for financing the scheme in 2024 are in place in the central budget.
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Gulyás: EC had no right to recommend that Hungary scrap utility price caps
Even though the EC’s recommendations say Hungary should phase out its existing energy subsidy measures by the end of 2023, the country can reduce its budget deficit without accepting this...
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Government is maintaining retail utility price caps throughout 2023
Minister Lantos said on Facebook that the country would “certainly have sufficient gas” for the next heating season.
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MEP: European gas price cap would have negative effect on gas markets
András Gyürk said Fidesz had long maintained the position outlined in an impact study by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), namely that the gas price cap will prove...
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Energy Minister: Household utility prices have been capped
Csaba Lantos announced on Thursday that household utility prices, up to average consumption, have been capped under a government program in an effort to “protect Hungarian families from sanctions-related surcharges."
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FM: Hungary removes “particularly dangerous” provisions from EU gas price proposal
The foreign minister said the Hungarian government maintains its position that introducing a price cap on gas “is a bad idea and it is useless”.
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Government expands household utility price caps
The household utility price caps will be extended to state and local council-owned rental apartment buildings.
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Government revamping household energy bill cap rules
Hungary has had a cap on household energy bills in place for many years, and protecting Hungarian families as much as possible continued to be the government’s top priority.
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Official: Left planning to scrap cap on household bills
Szilárd Németh said the left-wing opposition was preparing to dismantle caps on household utility bills if it won power in the April 3 general election.
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Gulyás: Utility-fee cap rolled out to small companies and municipalities
It is hoped that Hungarian inflation figures will fall by the end of next year and we can return to the ordinary path.
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National Consultation proves Hungarian government is going in the right direction
State Secretary Csaba Dömötör said that the survey clearly shows that Hungarians do not want Brussels to take away Hungary’s right to make strategically important decisions
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National consultation is to help government understand the people and the direction in which Hungary and the EU should head
The politics of a nation or country can only be successful if it is founded on the opinion of the country’s citizens
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Hungary to build secondary line of defense along Serbian border
A “significant number” of illegal migrants could arrive in Hungary in 2017. The government will increase the budget of the interior ministry by 38 billion HUF (123.5m euros) to facilitate the construction of the second barrier