The Hungarian government is one of the most stable in Central Europe! In 2021, there was a government crisis in three quarters of the twelve Central European countries. Only the Hungarian, Serbian and Croatian governments were able to maintain their stability, the comparative analysis of the Nézőpont Institute revealed.
It can be clearly shown that the stability and performance of governments are related. Based on the economic, job creation, public debt and transfer data, the performance of the Hungarian, Serbian and Croatian governments, as well as the Polish government, which is under unprecedented foreign pressure, was the best.
In the Central European region, Hungary, Serbia and Croatia have the most stable governments. Neither internal conflicts nor strong challengers threaten their stay in office. In five of the 12 countries examined, a change of government took place this year. In Austria twice, in Romania and Slovakia once, the prime minister fell during the term, while in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria a new cabinet was formed after the elections. In another three countries, Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland, there was no change of government, but the government coalitions are burdened by internal conflicts and maintaining the parliamentary majority is a constant problem.
The analysis evaluated the government stability and government performance of each government with a score between +4 and -4, and a ranking of government stability and government performance was compiled by comparing these scores.
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The connection between government stability and government performance is supported by the example of Hungary and Serbia: both finished at the top of the two rankings.
Government stability was evaluated through the permanence of the prime minister and government members, the stability of the parliamentary majority, the government's relationship with constitutional institutions, and the governments' social support.
All this also means that the harmony between the constitutional institutions or the permanence of the parliamentary government majority increases stability , even if the composition of the government changes.
The analysis used the 2021 macroeconomic indicators of economic growth and unemployment as indicators of government performance, and took into account the development of the public debt ratio. In addition, the report examines the rate of vaccination against the coronavirus, as the development of these indicators falls directly under the government's responsibility.
The analysis of the Nézőpont Institute proved that the government stability and government performance of each country are closely related. Differences require explanation rather than examples where stable cabinets are successful. Those governments were able to respond more quickly, flexibly and innovatively to the economic, health and social difficulties caused by the coronavirus, whose time and energy were not tied up by internal conflict management and the organization of the parliamentary majority.
Source and full article: magyarnemzet.hu
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