Two decades of new era brought striking disparities in Hungary

Hungary is in the same situation as it was in the early 20th century. The only difference is that now the multinational companies are the emloyers, not the landlords. Also the house is owned by the bank, and not the eldest son.

The Economy and Enterprise Analysing Institute of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( in hungarian: Magyar Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara (MKIK) Gazdaság és Vállakozáselemző Intézete)published horrible results in October. The 220-page study surveyed how the social economic situation of the Hungarian regions has since the change of the political system in 1989.

Traditionally, Hungary was divided into a poorer eastern part and a richer western one. Browsing among the figures we can see, apart from Budapest, its agglomeration and the north-western region, the whole country has bacome a huge crisis area in the past 25 years.

The most considerable change is reflected in the GDP figures of the country. The cnetral Hungarian region’s economic performance is 2.5-3 times better than the other regions. It is not because the living standards have improved in the region, but vice versa: the other regions have broken off. Everything has deteriorated access to work average salaries, public health and infrastructure. Fewer children are born, trained young people flee the region.

When Hungary accessed the EU, we were always told that the EU would balace the disarities between the regions with EU-tenders aiming at the underdeveloped regions.
Instead of building factories creating jobs, the friends of the current government were hired to rebuild the roads, main squares play grounds and doggy parks.
Probably Hungarians would prefer jobs, less poverty and EU-level salaries.

Written by J. Woods

based on the article of Jobbegyenes blog

Source: http://dailynewshungary.com/