Supermarkets are acting like speculators by raising prices when there is no basis to do so, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday.
While the country is fighting inflation, especially food price rises, “there are those who aren’t participating in the battle and are indeed taking advantage of the situation”, he said. Hiking prices of imported food, he added, was “totally unjustified and unacceptable”. Action would be taken against “profiteering”, even if this may cause the government problems with the EU.
Brussels, Orbán insisted, was undermining government attempts to “protect the people”, and speculators were “colluding with Brussels bureaucrats”. He said consumer protection authorities had already levied 3 billion forints (EUR 8m) in fines, adding that action must be intensified.
Great potential in cooperation with Romania, Slovakia
Hungarian cooperation with Romania and Slovakia carries “great potential”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday. Commenting on reactions to his recent speech at the Balvanyos Free Summer University, Orbán said he had met his Romanian counterpart and was keen to develop a good relationship with him. He said the new prime minister was “young, strong and agile”, and “I think we can do some serious things together,” he added.
Commenting on Slovakia, Orbán noted the country would be staging a general election in September. Referring to conflicting interpretations of post-war history, the prime minister said the two countries would not be able to “grind the mill” towards a harmonious position and the matter was best left to historians. It would be a mistake to allows this issue to dominate Slovakia-Hungary relations, he added.
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This government should solve food dependency years ago. They should have built a strong independent food industry in Hungary. Owned by Hungarian farmers and companies. But of course Hungary must be an independent country t5o do this! Now it is a vassal state of the Western powers (EU and USA, soon of China) Orbán kept Hungary in this position refusing to leave the EU.
Why is this “multinational supermarket conspiracy” not happening in other EU countries. EU average food inflation was 12.6% for the year ending Jun/23 while it was 29.3% in Hungary. The Fidesz government has dictatorial control over the country and therefore must accept full responsibility for its’ failure to foster an economic climate conducive to lower food prices. No excuses. Orban is to blame for your problems Hungary.