The Hungarian parliament goes on vacation and the IMF visits Hungary
Although Hungarian politicians claim that there will be no real lull in governmental and political activity during the summer, parliament had its last session yesterday.
Some of the highlights: János Veres’s five-minute report on the economic developments of the first six months of the year. He naturally blamed Viktor Orbán’s ill-conceived and irresponsible announcement about the restructuring of Hungary’s debt load for the large drop in the value of the forint on Friday. As I mentioned in my letter to the blog, since Monday morning the forint has risen steadily against the euro. Other speeches of interest were those of Tibor Navracsics, Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Gábor Fodor.
I especially enjoy watching the faces of politicians when they are listening to their colleagues…
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