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Hungary's parliament passes 2022 budget
The budget passed with 132 votes for and 26 against.
The budget passed with 132 votes for and 26 against.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said “brave and novel decisions” are needed to make sure economic growth this year exceeds 5.5 percent.
The government's 2022 budget passed with 121 votes for and 60 against.
The action plan to get the economy’s ball rolling is modern Hungary’s biggest economic program ever.
The finance minister said priorities include investment and capacity expansion and to create new jobs.
There is HUF 7,308 billion (EUR 20.3bn) pencilled in to restart the economy, amounting to the biggest economic program in modern Hungarian history.