LEFT-WING MEETING PAID FROM TAXPAYERS’ MONEY

Referring to security reasons the government does not disclose the sum of money paid for the costs of the left-wing conference held at Balatonőszöd on this weekend. So far the heads of state of Czechia, Germany, Poland, India, Brazil, and Argentina cancelled the invitation.

Ferenc Gyurcsány hosts the left-wing conference called ’Progressive governance’ starting today at Balatonőszöd from the taxpayers’ money. There are about 2600 participants expected from abroad. Premiers Tony Blair, Adrian Nastase, and Zapatero are among the invited people, along with three heads of state and some two hundred ministers. The security costs at least HUF 100 million and István Nyakó, spokesman of the Hungarian Socialist Party has also confirmed that the conference is not paid from party funds.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó