Tisza pushed through teachers' measure, government…

Tisza pushed through teachers' measure, government preparing bill on medicines

09.07.2026 14:01 HotInfo

Hungary's National Assembly on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, approved the Tisza party's proposal to suspend the performance evaluation of teachers for the current school year. 135 MPs voted in favor, 11 were against, and 53 abstained. Index.hu ↗

Before the debate on the agenda items, Gyula Kovács also spoke at the session, addressing the drought and the need for water retention. He warned that the drastic drying already occurring in 2026 is no longer merely a distant threat or a statistical figure, but an emergency situation. According to published information, a scientific council is dealing with the water situation. Telex ↗

On the same day, MPs also decided on further proposals. Parliament approved wider access to documents referred to as agency files, with this topic also connected to the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Hungarian revolution and freedom fight of 1956. It also passed a bill abolishing the so-called auxiliary loan intended for Budapest, by a vote of 135 in favor, 1 against, and 51 abstentions. HVG ↗

New articles also added to the dispute over reducing value-added tax on prescription medicines. Following Monday's parliamentary debate, the government is to submit, within a few days, a proposal to exempt them from tax. In this context, it was recalled that Péter Takács had submitted a proposal to reduce the tax on medicines to zero. Index.hu ↗

The session thus combined education, water management, historical documents, the financing of the capital city, and healthcare tax policy. Further developments are expected especially regarding the government's proposal on medicines and the ongoing political debate surrounding constitutional changes. Der Standard ↗

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