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Weekly government press briefing – Borders protection, land auctions and tax admin reform
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Budapest, October 15 (MTI) – The government is likely to decide within a few days whether to seal the border with Croatia, the government office chief said on Thursday.
Janos Lazar told a weekly government press briefing that the decision would depend on Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s current talks in Brussels and on upcoming consultations in the next few days. There are no physical or technical obstacles in the way of sealing the border, he added.
The government is ready and able to seal the green border with Croatia and protect it both physically and through legal regulations, Lazar said.
Lazar expressed thanks to all those involved in the construction of the fence and to the Visegrad Group for the help they are providing to protect the border.
He said a decision on Hungarian steps against European Union quotas for distributing refugees would be made by mid-December.
Lazar: land auctions to start on November 16
Janos Lazar told a weekly press briefing that the auctions would be started in six counties and the details of the plots offered for sale were likely to be made public later on Thursday.
The government wants to get the best price possible for farmland he said, adding that it was inconceivable that sales would go ahead for prices below market value.
The Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) has offered a total of 150 billion forints (EUR 482m)credit line for the farmland sale scheme. The loans come with twenty years maturity with interest set at 1.95 percent in the first ten years under the arrangements of the central bank’s lending for growth scheme. The minimum loan available is 3 million forints and the maximum 300 million forints, he added.
The MFB has commissioned Budapest Bank to make a loan available to every buyer, he said.