Here is the flying start 

Here is the flying start. Rather than making empty promises, we’re working and delivering, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a video he posted on his Facebook account on Wednesday, in which he said members of the Hungarian public will receive interest worth HUF 1,700 billion on government securities. 

On his social media account, the Prime Minister stressed that the Demján Sándor Plan for small and medium-sized businesses had started as had the worker loan which was designed to support young workers. “But this is not everything because this year, at the beginning of the year, more than 800,000 Hungarian families will receive a serious payout,” Mr Orbán stated, adding that this is owing to the fact that in recent years many people have purchased Hungarian government securities. 

“In 2025, we will pay members of the Hungarian public interest worth 1,700 billion forints on government securities. Interest payments began on 20 January, and will continue at the end of every month,” the Prime Minister stated. He further said in the first quarter of 2025, an amount of HUF 954 billion will go to the pockets of Hungarian families in connection with government securities alone. “This is good for families, good for the Hungarian economy and good for Hungary. Given that this way, rather than money going to foreign investors, rather than us fattening them up, we pay interest to the Hungarian people which they are then free to spend on whatever they like. This is how a fantastic year starts,” Mr Orbán said.