It is understandable that ÁrnyDávid (and his branch) are against the buyback, since in 2005 they were the ones who privatized the Budapest airport.

Do you remember Captain Balu? Yes, he was the cool pilot of the Szarnyalj Fennen airline. I think that the shadow minister Dávid Árnyék (alias Dr. Ferenc Dávid) might have been among the big fans of the cartoon series, who only said that Balu had a seaplane, but field planes, on the other hand, don't land on the Danube, they unfortunately need an airport.

The DK people, on the other hand, are the people of the future, they don't need such little things as the airport. They do not fly above, but below , and are great opponents of the Christian-conservative government buying back Liszt Ferenc (formerly Ferihegy) Airport, or more precisely becoming its majority owner. Why do we need an airport?

After all, planes fly in the air, not roll on the ground. And the buyback will cost a lot, the government will "debt" the country because of a lousy airport. Shadows would save the Hungarian budget from such unnecessary expenses. Because they think it is

"the Orbán government will hit the Hungarian people with more and more restrictions".

Well, please, if the previous ones were austerities, then I beg you, let them continue to be as strict as they are.

Of course, it is easy to fall into DK's gentleness. It is best if we have nothing and remain vulnerable in all respects to foreign private owners, who of course are not interested in anything other than profit. Who cares if there are no developments? Who cares if passengers are unhappy? The important thing is to get rid of the scam and fly away from here as soon as possible.

It is understandable that ÁrnyDávid (and his branch) opposes the buyback, since

In 2005, they were the ones who privatized the Budapest airport.

That step was the first step to "get rid" of the expensive - albeit very profitable - airport. The rest has gone by itself. The minority ownership did not entitle the Hungarian state to anything in the world, it did not even have a say in how many toilets should be created in the waiting areas.

So what? Who's bothering you? The airport cannot be taken from here, the planes can take off and land without disturbance, so it doesn't matter who the owner is?

Absolutely not. Especially not as 98 percent of Hungarian air traffic is handled by this airport. In other, larger countries, 3-4 large air centers also operate, but we only have this one. Moreover, according to the concession contract, we could not change this situation, because the contract forbade us to build another airport within a 100-kilometer radius of Ferihegy, in other words, the monopoly position of the foreign owner was cemented.

In summary: after privatization, we had no say in the operation and development of our own airport (on our territory).

Who owns an airport is a strategic question. There are many reasons why Liszt Ferenc Airport should be returned to the hands of the Hungarian state, similarly to other areas of strategic importance, such as the Water Works, Electric Works, Gas Works, MOL, or part of the banking system. I would like to point out that these also fell under the hands of the Shadows, they "liberated" us from them, and the current government had to get them back with great difficulty.

Dávid Árnyék preaches that their Árnyék would not let the country fall into debt. Haha, little brother! Isn't the name of your grand vizier connected with a certain IMF loan? Well, that was really debt at its best.

Who the hell believes, knowing what happened, that you wouldn't do the same now, if you could? As your old lady at the time slowly said so that everyone would understand, there will be no gas increase. It only happened 13 times. For you, the slogan "Let the rich pay" is different when you say it, and it's different when you apply it. For you, the rich is equal to the bourgeois middle class, which you almost succeeded in liquidating in the name of "fair burden-bearing". You thought it was fair that we should bear the burden, you should look at it from the outside.

However, there is little logic in what ÁrnyékDávid is advocating. It says that "instead of serving the billionaire elite, we want a just Hungary".

Well done, Shadow Minister. You should not serve your billionaire boss named Gyurcsány.

If you work on it, we support you in it.

Featured image: Ferenc Dávid, representative of the DK, speaks at the plenary session of the Parliament on October 9, 2023.
MTI/Attila Kovács