The bill, which can be read on the Interior Ministry's website, allows authorities to take measures against homeless people and authorises local governments to levy fines at their discretion. Public areas can be used only for public purposes such as for access, leisure, sports, demonstrations, erecting statues and memorials and installing public utilities, the bill
states."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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