Before the agenda, Zita Gurmai said: Hungary is drifting into a livelihood catastrophe under the government of Fidesz, and the biggest victims of this process are pensioners.
According to the MSZP representative, the government is taking advantage of the elderly with high energy prices and the 27 percent VAT, and is harming them, because the pension increase did not reach 15 percent, while food inflation is over thirty percent. He also complained that 68 billion forints were planned for pension premiums in the budget, but the 10,000 forint benefit only costs 23.5 billion forints. - The MSZP proposes a pension increase of 8-10 percent for November and 15.7 percent for January - he said.
In his answer, András Tállai recalled: the MSZP government reduced the purchasing value of pensions and withdrew the 13th monthly pension, but the current government maintains the purchasing value of pensions.
The parliamentary state secretary of the Ministry of Finance pointed out that the government will give a 13th monthly pension, and the annual pension increase will be 14 percent, which is the same as annual inflation. He added that a higher amount is planned for calculating the pension premium because higher economic growth was previously expected.
András Tállai emphasized that on Friday, the elderly will receive money under three rights: in addition to their pension, a 4.5 percent increase retroactive to January, as well as the pension premium. - This means a total payment of more than six hundred billion forints - said András Tállai.
Source: mno.hu/MTI
Photo: Unified delivery company Zoltán Parrag hands over the pension premium to Viktorné Varga in Budapest on November 12, 2021 (MTI/Tibor Illyés)
