Video: Hungary 2018 Election Roundup
- 7 Apr 2018 4:00 PM
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
The head of the State Audit Office (ÁSZ) has launched an investigation into the foreign campaign donations received by the left-wing opposition ahead of last year’s general election, Erik Bánki, the (Fidesz) head of parliament’s economic committee.
Hungary is “considerably freer than countries in Western Europe”, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office told a conference on Monday, citing conditions in the Hungarian media as “clear evidence”.
Even though European gas reserves have been replenished, the price of gas is three times pre-war levels, he said, adding that this had stoked inflation, with Hungary spending 4,000 billion forints (EUR 10.5bn) more on energy in 2022 than in the previous year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an address to MPS.
"There can be no winner in this war," Viktor Orbán told MPs of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat parties ahead of parliament's spring session.
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