"Budapest has again become poorer," Karacsony said in a post on Facebook. He said he regretted Walter’s decision to step down but understood "if someone says after yesterday’s 14-hour assembly session that it can’t go on like this".

"Because things really can’t go on like this," he said.

Karacsony insisted the metropolitan council was "teetering on the edge" because of the government’s solidarity tax, but politics in the city assembly "produces a mixture of irresponsibility ... personal attacks and dumb political theatre ... that not everyone should have to tolerate".

He said Budapest-run companies had been put in an "extremely difficult situation" by an "amateurish, petty and unworthy" application process.
 

Quoting Walter’s letter of resignation, Karacsony said that the appointment of a chief executive "cannot be made a tool of power games to this extent".
 

"Katalin Walter performed her duty with integrity, expertise and humility for as long as she was able," Karacsony said. "She was actually driven away by the political situation in the capital."

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