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Thursday, 23 July 2026
An act and a decree introduce school-start support that gives eligible families HUF 100,000 per child. The government found the bids for the M86–87 expressway too expensive, so it is closing the tender, and it is having the act on the State Audit Office reviewed.
The act prepares the introduction of the new school start allowance, with details of the amount set by a separate government decree. It states that the allowance does not count as income for social benefits, cannot be seized in enforcement and is tax-free. The Hungarian State Treasury decides on eligibility ex officio, without a separate decision. For this, the Treasury receives data from education and vocational training registers, for example on special educational needs and regular child protection benefit. Parliament adopted it on 21 July 2026, and it entered into force on the day after publication.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise F04).
The government decree introduces a school start allowance of HUF 100,000 per child. It is paid, among others, for children with special educational needs, children entitled to regular child protection benefit, children who are chronically ill or disabled (entitling to higher family allowance) and children receiving orphan's benefit, as well as for students in the Dobbantó programme and workshop schools. Half of the amount is paid in cash by 24 August, and families receive the other half as a school start voucher by 30 November. Separated parents raising the child alternately are each entitled to half. The Treasury decides on eligibility ex officio, and no application is needed.
Weight: 3/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (linked to promise F04).
The government decree extends the grace period for healthcare providers to switch to e-referrals. Funding penalties for paper referrals will only be applied from August 2027 instead of the June 2026 period. According to the justification, providers need more time to prepare.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
Based on EU rules, the government decree encourages the repair of faulty products. If a product subject to EU reparability requirements breaks down after the warranty period, the manufacturer must repair it unless repair is impossible. Repairers can voluntarily use a uniform European repair information form valid for at least 30 days, and Hungary joins the European online repair platform. If the consumer chooses repair in case of defective performance, the two-year warranty period is extended once by 12 months. The decree enters into force on 31 August 2026, some parts on 31 July 2027.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The government ordered a review of the act on the State Audit Office so that the Audit Office can check the use of public funds more effectively. The justice minister must carry out the review by 31 October 2026 and propose a law amendment based on it.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing.
The government amended the annual development framework of the EU Border Management and Visa Policy Instrument Programme Plus and set new tables of calls and priority projects. The calls include, for example, developing border crossings, the electronic border surveillance system and buying detection equipment along the Hungarian–Serbian border. New or amended items include HUF 5 billion in operating support to maintain border control equipment and development of the visa information system.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (largest amount named about HUF 5 billion).
The government amended the annual development framework of the EU Internal Security Fund Plus and set new tables of calls and priority projects. A new priority project is the police's connection to the European Police Records Index System (HUF 0.26 billion). Another new priority project is linking Europol's SIENA system with the police case management system (HUF 0.15 billion).
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The government amended the annual development framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund Programme Plus under the objective on legal migration and integration. The table lists three calls: complex services for legally resident persons, capacity building of local authorities and support for vulnerable persons. The amounts belonging to the calls cannot be clearly matched from the table.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
The government ordered the construction of a new Gubacs railway bridge in Budapest so that the Csepel Free Port and container terminals can be served more reliably by rail. The construction contract must be concluded by 6 October 2026. Development of the existing road and rail bridges is also being prepared, with the option of later carrying a tram line, as is the rebuilding of the Corvin junction, with a total of HUF 800 million provided for 2026–2029. The government submits the railway bridge project, with a gross cost of about HUF 31 billion, to an EU CEF call, hoping for HUF 11 billion in EU support.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented (largest amount named about HUF 31 billion).
The government does not provide funding for the contract of the conditional public procurement for developing and operating the M86–M87 expressway. According to the justification, the bids received are unfavourable to the state and significantly exceed the amounts planned in advance. The finance minister must immediately declare the procedure unsuccessful.
Weight: 2/3 · partial · Orders preparation or a review; the final rule is still missing.
The government expanded the list of 2026 military exercises that the armed forces may conduct outside their own properties. Special operations diving training was added, for example practising seizing ships and deep diving. High-mountain exercises and the air force combat search and rescue exercise called Wild Hunt were also added.
Weight: 1/3 · Approval of an international agreement or a routine military or diplomatic matter.
The Prime Minister appointed Dr András Tibor Retteghy, administrative state secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, chair of the monitoring committee of the Home Affairs Funds. The appointment is valid from 1 August 2026.
Weight: 1/3 · Personnel decision, a routine matter.
Issue no. 97 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 23 July and contains 12 items. It contains the act and government decree on the school start allowance and the decree encouraging the repair of goods. Government resolutions concern the review of the State Audit Office act, the Gubacs railway bridge and closing the M86–M87 procurement. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.