Orbán requested István Tarlós to run for office of Mayor of Budapest again

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán requested Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós to run for office again in the next municipal elections. The Prime Minister announced this after he had talks with Mr Tarlós.

At the press conference held in Mr Tarlós’s company, Mr Orbán said Mr Tarlós stipulated “strict conditions”. They will decide on the most important of these at the Wednesday cabinet meeting which will also be attended by the mayor: they will set up a Budapest development council which they will lead together with Mr Tarlós as co-chair, and as part of this they will jointly develop and build Budapest, said the Prime Minister, observing that several of the developments to be launched will extend to 2030.

He informed the press that

they had also managed to come to an agreement on the sum of tens of billions forints necessary for the refurbishment of metro line 3.

The Prime Minister said Budapest is the home of Budapest residents, and also the capital of the nation and a natural centre of the Carpathian Basin. It is this conviction that guides the government’s policies regarding Budapest.

He added that they had recently launched a great many Budapest development projects, and at the meeting with the mayor

he presented a list of 60 items as proof that the government is committed to the development of the capital. From among the already completed projects, he mentioned the reconstruction of the ice skating rink in Városliget and the National Riding Hall, the refurbishment of the Buda Vigadó, the Dagály swimming complex, the Music Academy and the Tomb of Gül Baba, as well as the Korányi project.