Thursday, 2 July 2026
The government set the goal of significantly shortening waiting times in hospital and specialist care and is preparing a programme for this. The National Cooperation Fund, which supports civil organisations, is audited, and a draft on school-start support appeared.
The government set the goal of significantly reducing waiting times in publicly funded outpatient and inpatient specialist care. It called on the health minister, involving professional organisations, to prepare a proposal by 15 August 2026 on a targeted waiting list reduction and capacity expansion programme. It must set the necessary staffing and material conditions, the extent and method of capacity expansion and the budget funding required.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise H03).
The government ordered a comprehensive fact-finding audit of the operation of the National Cooperation Fund (NEA) for transparency of civil society funding, with a deadline of 1 August 2026. The audit must cover whether the calls issued were consistent with the statutory goals, as well as the decision-making mechanism of the NEA's colleges and the civil nomination system. Based on the results, the minister for social relations and culture must propose a new funding policy concept by 31 August.
Weight: 3/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise C01).
The government amended its resolution adopted a few days earlier designating the ministers exercising founder's rights over public interest asset management foundations (KEKVA). Accordingly, founder's rights over foundations carrying out higher education activities are exercised solely by the education and children minister. For one non-higher-education foundation, the transport and investment minister will exercise founder's rights instead of the education minister. The resolution enters into force on the day after publication.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise O06).
The government ordered measures to implement the new regulation on uncovering state security documents. Bodies under the government must hand over to public archives or the Historical Archives of the State Security Services all their documents created before 8 April 1990, by 31 August 2026. If classification prevents this, they must initiate declassification within 30 days, but by 31 July at the latest. The finance minister must provide the archives with the necessary funds, and the culture minister must prepare a review of archive legislation by 31 October. The government also asked the MNB governor to proceed in the same way with the central bank's old documents.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing (linked to promise E08).
Draft: the government would amend the decree on environmental requirements in public procurement to transpose the procurement provisions of the EU energy efficiency directive. In public procurement and concession procurement reaching the EU threshold, contracting authorities could only buy products, services and works with high energy efficiency. There would be exceptions, for example if this is technically not feasible or it concerns responding to a health crisis; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: the finance minister proposes amendments to an act and government decrees to strengthen the public finance framework, to meet commitments in the recovery plan. The government could only submit the budget bill between 1 and 31 October, and the planning guidelines would have to be published by 31 August. Large unallocated appropriations, for example the Economic Development Fund, would be limited, and the independence of the Fiscal Council would be strengthened. Commitments could only be made within approved appropriations. The act's normative text and the decree's justification were not available; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: an act that would end the industry minister's right to designate the sites of battery recycling plants by decree. No such designation has been made so far, but three applications were received, with no substantive response. According to the draft, the ministerial discretion was not objective, and environmental and public health safeguards were not sufficiently enforced. The act would enter into force on the day after publication and would also apply to pending procedures; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: the government would amend the decree restricting hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment to transpose four 2025 EU directives. Three directives extend or split into separate categories certain exemptions for the use of lead, for example in solders, glass or ceramics and metal alloys. The fourth transfers scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: an act implementing the energy reforms undertaken in the recovery plan. It would promote wind farm investments and the spread of energy storage, simplify licensing of renewable energy investments and regulate the operation of independent aggregators. It would allow consumers to choose a flexible electricity contract following market prices without leaving universal service. The Geothermal Energy Committee would be abolished. The act would enter into force on the day after publication; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: an act that would transpose the EU directive's rules on purchasing buildings by amending the energy efficiency act. In purchases or rentals of buildings reaching the EU threshold, contracting authorities could only contract for nearly zero-energy buildings, to be proven by an energy performance certificate. There would be exceptions, for example if the requirement cannot technically be met or there is a health crisis; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: an act and a government decree on a school start allowance to be introduced from the 2026/2027 school year, which would be HUF 100,000 per child. Those eligible would include, among others, parents receiving regular child protection benefit, those entitled to higher family allowance, those raising a child with special educational needs and single parents, as well as children in specialised child protection care and pupils receiving orphan's benefit. The allowance would be tax-free and could not be seized, and families could receive it without applying, as early as August. 944 comments were received during consultation; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Draft: the government would amend the public finance implementation and accounting government decrees because of the change in government structure. Aligned with the new ministry structure, the amendment sets the bodies directing budget chapters and their heads. Temporarily, some chapters would not have to pay because of deviations from the monthly cash flow forecast; the Treasury could first set such a payment in March 2027. No comments were received during consultation; comments could be sent until 10 July 2026.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Draft put out for public consultation (comments until 10 July 2026).
Issue no. 29 of the Official Bulletin (Hivatalos Értesítő) for 2026 appeared on 2 July and contains 3 items. It contains three instructions: the instruction of the administrative state secretary of the Ministry of Rural and Settlement Development on exercising employer's rights, the organisational and operational rules of the Public Procurement Arbitration Board, and the rules for issuing NEAK's internal regulations.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.
Issue no. 84 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 2 July and contains 4 items. The government resolutions concern preparing a healthcare waiting list reduction programme, transferring state security documents to archives, auditing the National Cooperation Fund and exercising founder's rights over KEKVAs. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.