More than 30 laws, two constitutional amendments and a series of measures aimed at renewing Hungary were passed during the first 100 days of the new Tisza-majority parliament, the governing party’s parliamentary group said in a statement on Wednesday.
The group highlighted the recovery of EU funding as one of its most important commitments. It said Parliament had adopted comprehensive anti-corruption and transparency measures to help bring back billions of euros in EU funding allocated to Hungary.
The measures included tighter asset declaration rules, greater transparency in the operation of private equity funds and public procurement, broader access to public-interest information and expanded powers for the Integrity Authority, the parliamentary group said.
It added that, according to even the most conservative estimates, as much as 30,000 billion forints in public wealth may have been unlawfully transferred into private hands over the past two decades. To recover these assets, the Tisza-majority parliament established the National Office for Asset Recovery and Asset Protection. The group also said that phasing out public-interest asset management foundations would return around 3,000 billion forints to the national wealth.
Parliamentary operating costs and MPs’ salaries were also reduced, while five parliamentary investigative committees were established, with those summoned required to appear before them. The number of areas subject to two-thirds majority requirements was also reduced.
The group said the renewal of Hungary’s constitutional system had begun. Parliament elected a new independent and credible president who, it said, would represent the country’s democratic renewal and the process of creating a new constitution based on democratic rule-of-law principles following broad public debate.
Parliament also limited MPs’ mandates to 12 years and the prime minister’s tenure to two terms, while introducing limits intended to prevent other holders of major public offices from remaining in their positions for decades.
The Tisza parliamentary group said the measures were designed to create a democratic state in which no political force could entrench itself in power for decades.
It also said the restoration of the independence of democratic institutions had begun, with Parliament strengthening judicial self-governance and the independence of the court system.
An amendment to legislation governing political posters banned hate-inciting political advertisements, while changes to media legislation established conditions for a pluralistic and balanced public-service media and news system and for more effective media oversight, the group said.
Among the social measures, Parliament introduced a 100,000 forint means-tested school-starting allowance and reduced VAT on prescription medicines to 0 per cent.
Students were also allowed to resume participation in the Erasmus and Horizon programmes abroad, while Parliament approved plans for a comprehensive institutional and operational reform of public transport.
The group also said access to and research of secret-service files dating from before 1990 would be made available as widely as possible.
The Tisza parliamentary group acknowledged that 100 days could not undo all the damage accumulated over many years. However, it said the measures adopted so far represented only part of the new parliament’s work while demonstrating the direction towards a functioning state, cleaner public life, stronger democratic institutions and a more humane Hungary.
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