The Fidesz mayor of Budapest’s Csepel district has accused Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony of making a political decision by cancelling funding allocations for road renovations in four districts whose mayors are allied with the parties running the national government. Lénárd Borbély held a joint press conference with ruling party mayors Péter Kovács from the 16th district and Tamás Horváth from the 17th district, and independent Ferenc Bese from the 23rd district. Karácsony of the left-wing opposition Párbeszéd party cited lost revenues resulting from the novel coronavirus when making “a personal decision” to amend the city’s 2020-2023 road renovation plans, Borbély said. As a result, projects that have already received the necessary permits will be cancelled in districts that are not allied with Karácsony’s political camp, he added.