Friday, 5 June 2026
Third-country workers can no longer be employed with a guest worker permit, and logging is banned in protected state forests until 30 September. The government is publishing the files of the Budapest–Belgrade railway and the Covid-era ventilator purchases.
The government ended the possibility of issuing guest worker residence permits: no third-country national can be employed with this permit. According to the justification, the aim is to curb the mass inflow of guest workers and promote the employment of Hungarian workers. Citizens of Georgia, Armenia and the Philippines can still obtain residence permits for employment. Permits already issued remain valid, and applications submitted with fees paid by 5 June are decided under the old rules.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise G01).
The government ordered a full review of the circumstances and contracts of the ventilators purchased by the state during the coronavirus pandemic. The foreign minister must carry out the review as a matter of priority. He must also propose whether the result should be made public.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise T05).
The government decided to create an independent National Environmental Protection Authority to reduce environmental risks and strengthen the professional independence of environmental protection. By 30 June the minister responsible for the living environment must develop a national inspection programme for battery industry facilities, and inspections must be carried out by 30 September. He must prepare a proposal on creating the authority by 1 August.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise Y02, Y03).
The government agreed with strengthening the environmental liability system and tightening sanctions against environmentally harmful activities. The minister responsible for the living environment, together with several ministries, must prepare a proposal on this by 1 October 2026. The resolution does not set specific sanctions.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise Y04).
The government decided that the economy minister's right to designate the sites of battery waste treatment plants will end, and a proposal on this must be prepared by 30 June. A working group must be set up to develop by 31 August an objective, transparent and competition-neutral regulatory concept for the battery industry. The concept must strengthen environmental safeguards and public consultation.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise Y03).
The government considers it necessary to review the concession contract on waste management concluded between the state and MOL. By 1 September 2026 the minister responsible for the living environment must prepare a report on the concession's operation so far, investments and the achievement of targets.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise Y01).
The government declared the publication of documents related to the Hungarian section of the Budapest–Belgrade railway line and an audit of the investment to be of priority public interest. By 30 June 2026 the transport and investment minister and the economy minister must ensure the documents are made public. The transport and investment minister must audit the investment on an ongoing basis.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise T05).
The government declared that the teacher performance evaluation system introduced in 2024 is unsuitable for measuring real performance and imposes an excessive administrative burden, and is therefore abolishing it. The education and children minister must prepare legislation so that there is no performance evaluation for the 2025/2026 school year. By 31 August 2026, involving professional organisations, she must develop a new proposal for measuring teachers' performance.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing.
The government ordered a logging moratorium until 30 September 2026 in protected, natural state forests designated for nature conservation and Natura 2000 purposes. The ban does not apply to, among others, forest tending, averting accident hazards, felling non-native and invasive tree species and works already started. During the moratorium, the rules for long-term management of these forests must be reviewed to strengthen ecology-based forest management.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing.
Based on the result of the 2026 election, the government set state support for parties and party foundations from the budget not used by 31 May. The Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA) receives the most (HUF 706.6 million), followed by Fidesz (HUF 517.7 million), Mi Hazánk (HUF 157.2 million) and KDNP (HUF 92.9 million). A reserve of HUF 887.3 million was set aside for TISZA's new party foundation, and the Fidesz foundation receives HUF 614.1 million. The Democratic Coalition was placed among parties that did not win seats. The government is having the party financing rules reviewed by 1 September.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
Issue no. 23 of the Official Bulletin (Hivatalos Értesítő) for 2026 appeared on 5 June and contains one item. Its single item is the foreign minister's notice revoking, from 6 June 2026, the 2025 notice designating guest workers' countries of origin. This is linked to the abolition of the guest worker residence permit.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 24 of the Official Bulletin (Hivatalos Értesítő) for 2026 appeared on 5 June and contains 17 items. Under the transport and investment minister's instruction, the tasks of national chief architect are performed by state secretary Samu Szemerey. It contains a Public Procurement Authority instruction on the publicity of procurement statistics and several parties' 2025 financial statements. It also includes the report on Fidesz–KDNP's 2026 campaign spending and the annual reports of two party foundations.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 64 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 5 June and contains 10 items. The government ended guest worker permits, abolished teachers' performance evaluation and ordered a moratorium in protected state forests. It ordered reviews of the Covid ventilators, MOL's waste concession and the Budapest–Belgrade railway, and set party funding. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.