As Benedek Jávor said at a press conference today, the Hungarian Green Party, Politics Can Be Different (LMP) is convinced that the proposal by the European Commission to suspend Cohesion Funds allocations for Hungary is a result of the policies of the Hungarian government. The Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the party said Hungarian [...]
PM Viktor Orbán rhetoric suggests he would give in to the European Union on any question. On Tuesday, Viktor Orbán practically waved a white flag in Brussels, as he says he is ready to give in to Union on any question – expressed, Benedek Jávor, the deputy head of LMP parliamentary group at a Wednesday [...]
Parliamentary representative, Gábor Vágó, gave a statement at a Friday press conference articulating that Tamás Fellegi’s statement in Brussels proved Fidesz lacks any consistency: their communication to the international sphere and their communication at home are polar opposites. According to Mr. Vágó, the Fidesz administration has to realize that their socially unjust flat tax system [...]
The Hungarian government received a serious warning from the European Commission, LMP’s Lajos Mile, vice president of the Hungarian parliament’s EU committee, has indicated in a press conference. The administration cannot ignore this and has to reconsider its economic policy now, he pointed out.
According to LMP, only an economic shift that re-establishes the credibility and stability of the country can preserve the value of the Hungarian Forint in the long run. This was András Schiffer’s, the head of the LMP parliamentary group, reaction at a press conference in Budapest. Mr. András Schiffer spoke about the meeting Friday between Prime [...]
According to LMP, with Mr.Tamas Fellegi’s announcement the Hungarian government ridiculed itself again as they shifted away from their earlier position by showing willingness to sign up for a standby package with the IMF.
LMP is preparing for street demonstrations similar to the one held on the 23rd of December, 2011, because the party “wants to bridge the gap between the streets and the parliament” – said Mr. András Schiffer in his interview reviewing the year 2011 to MTI (Hungarian News Agency). The Head of the Parliamentary faction of [...]
LMP (Poltiics Can be Different) has raised five important points the green party believes are required to establish financial stability in the country. Gábor Scheiring, LMP parliamentary delegate began the press statement by asking for a new budget from the current administration, and the resignation of the economic minister, György Matolcsy. LMP’s economic cabinet’s leader [...]
According to LMP, Politics Can be Different, Economic Minister György Matolcsy’s new budget, which was recently announced, is a far cry from a “protective budget.” Gábor Scheiring, the leader of the Economic cabinet of the party, asserted that “it turned out that Viktor Orbán was telling the truth in Kötcse; there indeed will be a [...]
Mr. Gábor Vágó held a press conference today in which he explained that the flat tax system, which according to him was “sentenced to death” to begin with, is being kept alive with more and more dire steps; the result is a flat tax system, which is only flat in name. The Orbán administration has [...]
LMP strictly condemns the manner in which the current administration ordered Tibetan nationals to the Bureau of Immigration and Nationality, and banned the demonstration of the Tibet Support Association, along with the demonstration Falun Gong Association in order to create a fake sense of approval during the Chinese Prime Minister’s visit. This was declared on [...]
The Orbán government has played double or nothing and lost. The flat tax system has not only reduced the income of the middle class but also destroyed the national budget. This fact was admitted by György Matolcsy, supposedly the right hand man of Viktor Orbán, as a new reason for an amending another austerity package. [...]
Although, the Orbán-government has “enriched” Hungarian legislation with numerous debateable measures, the current Atomic Energy Act amendment brings higher risk to present and future generations than any of the other inconsiderate steps. Just when the majority of the world is pursuing tighter nuclear safety regulations, Hungary has developed a slacker regulation procedure of the currently [...]
The government can be best described today as presenting national cynicism instead of national cooperation – said Andras Schiffer as part of his annual cabinet evaluation speech. The faction leader said that thus far all actions of the government were ineffective economic policies primarily focused on unsustainable tax cuts and the elimination of a constitutional [...]
The Government has not learned from the severe financial and economic crisis nor from the challenges of foreign currency debtors’, and does not seem to take the necessary steps to protect its citizens and their households from being trapped in a similar situation in the future. The government currently aids the troubled foreign currency debtors [...]
Mr. Schiffer announced on Monday, May 23rd that for the protection of fundamental employee rights, LMP has initiated a request at the National Election Commission for a ten-question referendum addressing urging issues of economic vulnerability and restrictions. A press conference was held Monday morning next to the Parliament by the fraction leader of LMP as [...]
If the constitution gets accepted in the proposal’s present form, then the future of the cardinal laws governing the economy and public administration would be bound to two-third supermajority. This is how the new constitution will take the tools needed to shape independent economic policy from the hands of future governments – stated Mr. Andras [...]
Fidesz’s most recent bizarre constitutional proposal would connect the legal scope of the Constitutional Court to the level of the national debt. There is no point using the debt as a fig leaf: it is obvious that the government aims to carve its crazy economic policies into stone. Fidesz is treating this new constitution as [...]
LMP (Politics Can be Different) in its solidarity and sustainable budget alternative put forth recommendations exactly that of what the Minister for National Economy announced today. As known, Mr. György Matolcsy intends to form a crisis fund from the budget incomes as soon as this year. LMP introduced some amendments to the 2011 budget to [...]
Benedek Jávor, chairman of the Hungarian Parliament’s Committee for Sustainable Development, and Bence Tordai, spokesman for LMP, introduced the joint publication prepared by LMP and the Green Group in the European parliament regarding the main challenges for the Hungarian EU-presidency. The publication is called “A different vision for Europe – Green priorities for the Hungarian EU presidency”. The publication addresses the priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency, and what actions Hungary must take in order to make this term a success.
According to LMP, decreasing the import tax on natural gas to 5% is at best a temporary solution. In the long run, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of domestic energy sources. The type of socially sensitive mentality required to implement such a change can be brought about via the institution of domestic aid regardless [...]
Politics Can Be Different (LMP) has turned to the President, Sólyom László, to send the private-pension and credit/loan amendments back to the Parliament. The new regulations breach the constitutional right to property. LMP therefore asks the President to submit the proposals to the Constitutional Courts, or, alternatively, to send it back to the Parliament for [...]
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