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Alpár Kató Alpár Kató · 02/09/2020
· Business

Hungarian government intent on avoiding economic lockdown

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The Hungarian government’s measures banning foreigners from entering the country are an effective way of avoiding an economic lockdown during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event in Nagykálló, in north-eastern Hungary, where he presented documents on the government’s investment support to Tecnica Ungheria, a local firm manufacturing sports gear, Szijjártó said caution was imperative in the fight to contain the virus. The government’s priority now, Szijjarto said, is to avoid the virus from being imported into the country from abroad.

Szijjártó said that

seeing how robust the Hungarian economy and businesses are, he was hopeful the country would “win” the fight to defend the economy “as we did in the first phase of health-care defence”.

To protect domestic economy and jobs, the government has launched a support scheme for companies investing to protect jobs, Szijjártó noted. So far, 806 companies have committed to investing a total of 377 billlion forints (EUR 104.1m) and 673 have received government support to the tune of 151 billion forints, he said.

Tecnica Ungheria is investing 310 million forints and has received a 154 million government grant,

Szijjártó said. The plant, which employs 350 people, will turn out one million ski boots a year after the technological upgrade, he said.

Szijjártó noted that unemployment in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where Tecnica Ungheria is located, has fallen from twenty to eight percent since 2010. Meanwhile, industrial production has grown by 150 percent, he said.

So far, 37 companies in the county have pledged to invest a total of 18 billion forints and received 9 billion forints in government support, he said.

Those measures will protect 6,420 jobs in the region, he added.

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Source: MTI

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2 Comments

  1. Anonymous says:
    02/09/2020 at 15:45

    “seeing how robust the Hungarian economy and businesses are” … we have one of the worst Q2 BGP figures and the highest inflation in the EU… the Hungarian economy is extremely fragile and only supported by a few car makers and their supply chains…. Local firms don’t produce and export anything of value made…

  2. G says:
    04/09/2020 at 12:34

    Total nonsense from a Government running scared. I think the rest of us in Europe should immediately stop buying any and all Hungarian products in retaliation. This is a typical nationalist move and it is sadly destroying my personal relationships with my girlfriend and others….

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