Opposition DK calls on government to abandon ‘austerity’

Written by BT/MTI

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has accused the government of planning to usher in an “austerity package” containing 130 measures.

At an online press briefing on Saturday, DK lawmaker Laszlo Varju demanded its withdrawal and charged the government with “entering a spiral of austerity”.

“Just as the country is on the point of defending itself, the Orban government is attacking it, stripping families of money and opportunities”.

He accused the government of plotting to prevent local authorities from buying ambulances, to withdraw funding for renovating village byways, and to take away financing from Budapest just when it is fighting the current flood wave.

Varju insisted that more than 4 billion forints was being ploughed into religious education. “So the money’s there, but it isn’t being used for the right purposes,” he said.