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Thursday, 18 June 2026
The government is having the concessions of tobacco shops and casinos reviewed, and would turn the fenced-off construction areas of City Park into a public park. Budapest may reschedule its solidarity contribution payments because of its difficult finances.
The government aligned the government decrees on EU development funds with the new ministry structure. The most important new rule is that a project originally planned from EU cohesion funds can switch to funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). This requires that the project meets the goal of an RRF call, does not cause double funding and helps meet the committed milestones. An RRF support framework appropriation is created, managed by MFB Hungarian Development Bank. The name of the fraud detection system in the texts changes from ARACHNE to ARACHNE+.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The government made the use of the National Communications Office's centralised procurement system for communications, organisational development and event organisation voluntary. According to the justification, the aim is that until a comprehensive reform of centralised procurement, institutions can buy these services in the most economical way. Institutions can procure independently or ask the Office to handle it; the Office can decide on grounds of expediency to return the request. As a rule, no new procurement can be started under the Office's existing framework agreements after entry into force. The decree enters into force on the day after publication.
Weight: 1/3 · Technical amendment; the substance of the rules does not change.
The government is having the tobacco concession reviewed. The transport and investment minister, together with the ministers of finance, health and economy, must review the contracts, regulation and concession tenders related to the tobacco concession. The deadline is 1 August 2026.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise T05).
The government is having the casino concession reviewed. The finance minister, together with the transport and investment minister and the economy and energy minister, must review the contracts, regulation and concession tenders related to the casino concession. The deadline is 15 August 2026.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise T05).
The government decided on several budget reallocations. It reallocated HUF 5.668 billion from the Central Residual Settlement Fund, among others for industrial safety tasks, to the Directorate-General for Public Procurement and Supply and to a new Child Protection Fund. It reallocated a further HUF 13 billion from the Economic Development Framework and authorised exceeding the framework by that amount. For the courts, it authorised an overrun of up to HUF 82 million for compensation due to protracted civil lawsuits.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (largest amount named about HUF 13 billion; linked to promise V02, V04).
The government aligned the structure (title structure) of the central budget with the new ministry set-up. Administrative titles were created for, among others, the Ministry for Social Relations and Culture, the Ministry of Education and Children, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Family and the Ministry for the Living Environment. Appropriations are rearranged with a cut-off date of 1 July 2026. Heads of chapters must close commitments by the end of June and conclude budget agreements on shared appropriations by 31 July.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The government decided on the further development of City Park. Former fenced-off construction sites must be turned into a public park, Heroes' Square must be renovated, and City Park must be freed of through traffic. The transport and investment minister is responsible and must propose investments by 31 August and examine the possibility of EU funding. By 30 September he must prepare a concept for renewing the tourist axis between City Park and Buda Castle. The investor and operator tasks of Városliget Zrt. must be separated, which also requires amending the City Park act.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing.
The government authorised soldiers of countries participating in the OP REASSURANCE MCM Black Sea operation to transit Hungary. At most 500 people may pass through at once, and the destination countries are Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. The authorisation is valid for the duration of the international mandate.
Weight: 1/3 · Approval of an international agreement or a routine military or diplomatic matter.
Citing the capital's difficult financial situation, the finance minister rescheduled the Budapest Municipality's 2026 solidarity contribution. He reduced two instalments (HUF 37.1 and 11.7 billion) to zero, while the third instalment rose from HUF 37.1 billion to HUF 86.0 billion. Payment is thus moved to a later instalment. The Hungarian State Treasury refunds amounts already paid that were changed.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (largest amount named about HUF 86 billion).
On the proposal of the president of the National Office for the Judiciary, President Tamás Sulyok dismissed five judges. Eszter Papp due to resignation, Éva Szőllősi because one of the conditions of her appointment no longer exists, and Katalin Éva Farkas, Andrea Rita Papp and Zoltán Mándi at their request to retire. The dismissals take effect between June and December 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Routine decision of the President (appointment, award or similar).
Draft: the government would align the decree on installing construction products with the new EU Construction Products Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2024/3110. It would introduce new concepts, including for used and remanufactured construction products, so that they can be reinstalled. Licensing of products for fire protection would move to the same authority that licenses firefighting equipment. It would also tighten rules on installing naturally occurring mining products that pose a risk; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 26 June 2026).
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés magyar építészetről szóló törvény módosításáról
Draft: a government decree and a defence ministry decree that would allow soldiers dismissed under the 2023 emergency decree to return to the armed forces. According to the summary, 635 soldiers received a defence service benefit because of this, 552 of whom still receive it. The benefit would be suspended during their active service. Comments received included the lack of retroactive compensation, but the ministry considered this beyond the scope of the regulation; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 26 June 2026).
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés a honvédek jogállásásának módosításáról
Draft: an act and a government decree under which discretionary support for medicines and medical aids would again be handled by the health insurer (NEAK) instead of the László Batthyány-Strattmann Foundation. According to the justification, this can make the system fairer, more transparent and faster, and end the dual system. Applications submitted earlier would still be decided by the foundation by 31 July 2026. The normative text was not available; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 26 June 2026).
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés a kötelező egészségbiztosítási ellátás módosításáról (rendelet és törvény)
Draft: an act under which the Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK) and the Parliamentary Guard would cease as independent bodies on 1 September 2026. Both would merge into the police, preserving TEK's special capabilities. The justification cites ending duplicated tasks and cost-effectiveness. The police would also protect the Speaker and guard the Parliament building. The text of the related amendment of the Fundamental Law was not available; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 26 June 2026).
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés a rendészeti feladatellátás racionalizálásáról
Draft: a ministerial decree that would tighten workplace limit values for lead and diisocyanates based on a 2024 EU directive. The limit for blood lead levels would be halved from 2029, and for women under 45 set at 100 micrograms per litre. The permitted lead content of workplace air would fall to a fifth, 0.03 mg/m3. There would be a limit for diisocyanates for the first time, to be reached gradually by the end of 2028; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 26 June 2026).
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés egyes munkavédelmi rendeletek módosításáról
Draft: the government would prevent a rule from entering into force on 1 July 2026 that would have required digital training for state company employees through the National University of Public Service. According to the justification, the university's role in centralised training must first be reviewed. The decree would enter into force on 1 July 2026; comments could be sent until 26 June 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Technical amendment; the substance of the rules does not change.
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Társadalmi egyeztetés a digitális képzések beszerzésének egyszerűsítéséről
Issue no. 26 of the Official Bulletin (Hivatalos Értesítő) for 2026 appeared on 18 June and contains 15 items. It published a foreign ministry instruction on converting consular fees, a social affairs and family ministry instruction appointing a ministerial commissioner and a National Office for the Judiciary instruction on court document management. Orders on applications to found several sectoral dialogue committees also appeared, as did NAV's notice on third-quarter excise duty rates. It includes the campaign finance report of Fidesz–KDNP candidates, the 2025 reports of the Jobbik and Mi Hazánk foundations and the annual report of OFA.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 72 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 18 June and contains 8 items. The government is having the tobacco and casino concessions reviewed and decided on the further development of City Park. It made centralised government communications procurement voluntary and amended the EU development decrees. The President dismissed five judges. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 73 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 18 June and contains 2 items. The finance minister rescheduled the capital's solidarity contribution, moving most of the payment to a later instalment. The government authorised the transit of troops of a NATO operation in the Black Sea. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.