2022 második felében Magyarország számos kötelezettségvállalást tett, részben a feltételességi mechanizmus elindítása, részben pedig a magyar helyreállítási terv (HET) elfogadása miatt. Ez az elmúlt tíz év legnagyobb és legátfogóbb korrupcióellenes és jogállamisági csomagja volt, amely egyedülálló…

Since the late 2010s, it has become a recurring criticism in Hungarian Country Reports and Rule of Law reports that the government does not have adequate and effective structures for social dialogue and stakeholder engagement. Documents of strategic importance have not been shared with the public…

Public institutions (budgetary bodies) in Hungary have to publish their contract data from 29 November on through the government's new database on public spending. K-Monitor tested the site and had a devastating experience. Our impression was that the site is designed to be useless and serves the…

Despite relevant measures within the conditionality mechanism and the RRP to carry out and even increase the number of public consultations (Milestone 235), this week the Hungarian government has again proven that there is no serious commitment behind its promises.   Step 1: Weakening the…

2022 has been a turbulent year for asset declaration rules in Hungary. The government has repeatedly amended the way in which lawmakers and government leaders are required to declare their incomes and assets. While the head of the Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information criticized…

The public interest management foundations (in short: public interest trusts - PITs) were set up by the Hungarian government in 2021 to restructure Hungarian higher education. Although the law on PITs has been amended several times in the context of the conditionality procedure launched by the…

Ígérgetéssel és félmegoldásokkal nem lehetett meggyőzni az Európai Bizottságot, így Magyarország továbbra sem juthat hozzá létfontosságú uniós forrásokhoz. A K-Monitor, a Magyar Helsinki Bizottság és a Transparency International (TI) Magyarország szerint a kormánynak meg kell ragadni az utolsó…

Promises and half-hearted solutions have failed to convince the European Commission, and so Hungary has still no access to vital EU funds. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, K-Monitor and Transparency International (TI) Hungary, the Hungarian government must seize the last opportunity to…

A number of international outlets reported that the EU Commission will likely maintain its proposal to freeze EU cohesion funds for Hungary. At the same time it is also expected that the EU will approve Hungary's recovery plan, still not available publicly, while connecting payments to strict…

A napokban több egymástól független forrás is arról számolt be, hogy az Európai Bizottság várhatóan fenntartja az uniós pénzek befagyasztására vonatkozó javaslatát a Tanács felé. Ugyanakkor az is várható, hogy az EU rábólint a továbbra sem nyilvános magyar helyreállítási tervre, kifizetések azonban…