Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony took office while the capital had a surplus, the parliamentary group of ruling Fidesz-KDNP said in a statement. “Gergely Karácsony is again doing what he usually does: placing the blame for everything on someone else,” Fidesz-KDNP said. “The fact is that the left wing took over the capital and the districts with a surplus of billions of forints,” they added. “Where did the billions in the treasuries of the capital and the districts go?” The residents of Budapest expect developments resulting from cooperation, not political battles, from municipal council leaders, the statement added.
Karácsony said last Friday that he had postponed a meeting of the Budapest Public Development Council because the government’s 2021 budget draft would deprive the municipal council of vital resources, creating uncertainty regarding developments in the operation of the capital.