He addressed the economic situation at the government meeting on Wednesday. We have been forced to do this for a long time, especially since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, said Gergely Gulyás, the Minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, at Thursday's Government Info, adding that the EU's responses made the situation difficult.
"Our biggest opponent was inflation. The government made its most important economic policy decisions in the past year so that we can break inflation," said the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office.
At the end of last year, we set ourselves the goal that inflation should be in the single digits by the end of this year. Looking at the economic situation, I am happy to report that the government can fulfill this commitment, said Gergely Gulyás.
He explained: the inflation target of close to ten percent was already achieved in October. November's forecasts predict inflation of around eight percent, and December's will be around seven percent.
He added that the government assessed this year accordingly from the point of view of the economy as a whole. The fight against inflation already demanded a serious growth sacrifice.
According to an OECD study published this week, the real estate grew the most in Hungary in the second quarter of 2023, he added.
As he said, this means a significant wage increase and a guaranteed minimum wage increase from next year. He added: next year will be the year of economic growth and wage increases. The government will continue to take measures that promote economic growth, he declared.
- The government also discussed the latest proposal from Brussels in preparation for the EU summit, and this is the enlargement negotiation proposal. The Prime Minister will also meet with the German Chancellor in Berlin on Monday, we believe that it is correct to take the same position as in the case of previous enlargements, the ongoing negotiations on previous enlargements must be completed first. If only because, of course, we stand in solidarity with Ukraine, we have always condemned Russian aggression and provided serious financial and humanitarian support, but this does not change the fact that Ukraine does not fulfill the conditions necessary for EU negotiations, did not fulfill not even before the war, whether it's about the promises related to nationalities or the Copenhagen criteria, or the corruption situation - said Gergely Gulyás.
Ukraine is totally corrupt and not ready for EU membership, stated the minister, according to whom our country takes the position that it is worth offering some kind of distinguished partnership, but there is no other way, confirmed the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office.
We do not support joint borrowing, the current degree of integration is sufficient and joint indebtedness means further integration.
He had a strategy that failed, a strategic review is needed on what European policy and approach will be in the future. Not only we consider this to be justified, several other member states also represent this.
As the minister said, they see that migrants are acting more and more aggressively at the border. Border hunters often find themselves in life-threatening situations. There are more and more voices pointing in the direction of common sense from some European politicians, until then
the EU wants to make border protection impossible both legally and physically.
A good example of this is that Brussels wants to make Hungary pay a daily fine because we stop migrants at the border.
"This is unacceptable," said Gergely Gulyás. As informed, the government also discussed the tightening of the Aliens Law. "We strictly regulate what legal titles you can use to stay in Hungary. Each stay is for a specific time. Anyone who does not comply with the laws must be immediately deported from the country," he declared.
As he said, as long as there are Hungarian workers in Hungarian workplaces, Hungarian workers must fill these positions. "There cannot be more guest workers in Hungary than there are vacancies," he declared.
The minister revealed that the government has also discussed digital citizenship, the aim of which is to enable business administration on mobile phones. Hungarian citizens can also settle their utility bills here.
Alexandra Szentkirályi said that the post office will soon start sending out the supplementary pension increase, which will arrive on Friday. Whoever gets it from the postman can count on it after the tenth. The supplement will be paid retroactively until January.
"The payment affects 2.5 million people. The government spends HUF 190 billion on this. This means HUF 6,500 on a monthly basis, and on an annual basis, together with the thirteenth monthly pension, it means HUF 85,000 on average," he said. As he said
pensions will be raised again in January, this time by six percent and the elderly can count on an increased thirteenth monthly pension.
It can be seen that the crime of phishing in the online space increased during the Covid period: in January of this year, there were 9,515 such crimes and eight billion in damages, and it has grown into a serious industry.
The most common crime is phishing, the use of data stored on the phone to gain access to bank account information.
According to the government spokesperson, in order to act against this as much as possible, the Ministry of the Interior will create a cyber detective network of three hundred people. related crimes should be avoided.
They will work with national coverage, groups of 4-9 people have been created in all county captain's offices to prevent these cases. The cooperation of the banks is also expected, they should review the current protocols, how they can help, and we ask the public to handle these situations with increased attention.
