Hungary has received a total 184 billion forints (EUR 478m) worth of EU funding to be used for a pay hike for kindergarten and school teachers, the finance minister said on Wednesday. Orbán cabinet can raise wages in education if the EU pays it?
Mihály Varga said 340 billion forints from central coffers had been used for the same purpose at the beginning of this year. Since last December, Brussels has released a total of 734 billion forints worth of funds withheld from Hungary before, Varga said on Facebook.
The Hungarian government has been widely criticized for not raising teachers’ wages from the state budget. Critics highlighted a government that cannot pay enough for their teachers should resign. Criticism added that the Orbán cabinet would buy the Budapest Airport instead of settling the severe financial problems of public education.
The Orbán cabinet regularly repeated there was not enough money to increase teachers’ wages. Only by using EU funds can they do so, which were frozen by the European Commission due to rule of law concerns. Furthermore, the Orbán cabinet is conducting a European parliamentary election campaign stating that the current leaders of the EU want to escalate the war in Ukraine while Hungary is interested in peace.
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