The budget had to be changed because, based on the inflation forecast of the central bank, inflation will be higher than previously expected, which is why the government decided that pensions will increase by five percent instead of three percent from January, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Kossuth Rádió Good morning, Hungary! in his show. The prime minister added that with this decision, the rate of the thirteenth monthly pension will also be five percent higher.

The prime minister explained that next year's sectoral wage increases will be made possible by economic growth.

Viktor Orbán also said that the vaccination of children aged 5-11 will start on December 15. According to the Prime Minister, scientists have now come to the point of declaring that vaccines can be administered between the ages of five and fourteen, which is why the government's decision was made that children can also receive the vaccine. You can register from Wednesday, the vaccination points have been designated, but it will also be possible to administer the vaccine at family pediatricians, added the prime minister.

The prime minister also spoke about the fact that the number of new infections has fallen below 7,000, and the number of people being treated in hospital is also decreasing, and the number of people on ventilators is also lower. The situation is rather improving, we are past the peak of the wave , only the vaccination helps, and the number of people receiving the third vaccination has continued to increase, said the Prime Minister.

If we are vaccinated, we will have a big Christmas, if we are not vaccinated, we will have a small Christmas - said Viktor Orbán.

Viktor Orbán said about the summit in Warsaw that it was a difficult weekend, the European parties that do not want immigration, but consider families important, have been organizing for many months. In Brussels, they do exactly the opposite, he added. We want to change the policy in Brussels, in the long term, we need a large and stable anti-immigration, pro-family party. emphasized the prime minister.

Source: Hirado.hu