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MTI Photo: Balázs Mohai (2015)
The financial stability of Budapest is currently at the centre of a fierce political standoff between the City Assembly and the national government. The dispute intensified this week after Mayor Gergely Karácsony and the city administration rejected a government proposal to declare the capital insolvent, an act the government had framed as a prerequisite for offering financial aid.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony announced on Thursday that he had convened an extraordinary assembly for Monday to reaffirm the "true financial situation" of the municipality. The decision will later be delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in Buda Castle during a demonstration, he told a press conference.
A court ruled that Magyar Nemzet, Index and right-wing tabloid Ripost lied in the summer when they wrote that an alleged Tisza party document advocating higher taxes was genuine, party leader Péter Magyar wrote on his Facebook page yesterday.
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, on Tuesday said he has written a letter to the prime minister requesting the government's cooperation in the interest of keeping the capital functioning.
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