Government launches national consultation on family policy measures

The government has launched a national consultation to gauge Hungarians’ views on family policy.

Questionnaires will be sent by post in the coming days, and an online version will be made available soon, said Katalin Novák, the state secretary for family and youth affairs.

In the questionnaire, the government notes measures it has taken since coming to power in 2010 to introduce tax preferences and raise subsidies for families with children.

“Now we have the opportunity to support Hungarian families with further measures. Let’s decide on the future together!”, the government says, inviting recipients to fill in the form.

The government says it believes that increased support for families raising children and incentives for having children are necessary to manage the “significant problem” of population decrease in Hungary as well as in all of Europe, contrasting its aims with those of “bureaucrats in Brussels” who want to introduce a permanent mechanism for immigration to deal with the issue.