The IMF has allegedly told Fidesz - the clear favourite to win the national elections in April - that it would accept a budget deficit of 5-5.5% of GDP for 2010, increasing the offi-cial target from 3.8%, online media reported.

In exchange, the IMF expects Fidesz to carry out Hungary’s most radical budget-restructuring measures since the change of regime."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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