Free parking in public areas, a measure introduced with regard to the coronavirus pandemic, will be lifted at midnight on Sunday, the prime minister’s chief of staff told a weekly press briefing.
At its Wednesday meeting, the government also decided to extend a moratorium on debt service payments until August 31, Gergely Gulyás said. The government would then like to see a longer transition period so that those who needed the moratorium could continue benefitting from it, he added. Gulyás noted that talks on the extension were ongoing with the National Bank of Hungary and the banking association. “In the current situation, we see it as a necessary condition for the success of the economic recovery that private individuals and families as well as businesses be in a good financial position,” Gulyás said. “No doubt the moratorium is a big help to those who would have difficulty going back to immediate debt service payments.”
Meanwhile, Gulyás said the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 is expected to exceed 5 million this coming weekend, adding that this will entail new measures. The prime minister and the operative board responsible for handling the pandemic will discuss new regulations on Friday morning, which Viktor Orbán will announce later in the day, Gulyás said.
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