The settlements will receive support for the increased energy costs, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Monday.
It was emphasized in the announcement: as a result of the war and the Brussels sanctions, energy prices have risen many times over.
The goal of the government is to ensure that the most important public services can continue to function in this situation, so after the previous government support given to settlements with less than 10,000 inhabitants, it has now been decided to support cities and capital districts with more than 10,000 inhabitants due to the increase in energy prices in the amount of 44 billion forints.
As they wrote, the financial situation of the settlements, their energy procurement contracts, and the heating and lighting systems of their basic institutions are significantly different, but they added that in exchange for the support, everyone is asked to be frugal. For this reason, the local governments concerned prepared a plan on possible energy saving opportunities.
According to the information, ministerial commissioner György Balla and government commissioner Zsolt Láng negotiated with the city and capital local authorities about the state contribution to their increased overhead costs. The commissioners negotiated with everyone who accepted their invitation to the meeting.
Based on their proposal, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office decided to grant almost HUF 44 billion to 138 city and 17 district municipalities, the list of settlements is available on the government portal, the announcement states.
Source: MTI
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