Fidesz representatives and the IMF have held preliminary negotiations, according to rumours that were rife in London on Friday.
The IMF has allegedly told Fidesz – the clear favourite to win the national elections in April – that it would accept a budget deficit of 5-5.5% of GDP for 2010, increasing the official target from 3.8%, online media reported.
In exchange, the IMF expects Fidesz to carry out Hungary’s most radical budget-restructuring measures since the change of regime.
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Surely it’s very unorthodox for a party not
currently in power to negotiate with the IMF?
Regardless of opinion polls, wouldn’t this be a kind
of diplomatic breach of protocol?
Whaddya mean – unorthodox? This is Hungary! They can do
anything they want! Good grief… you haven’t been here very long,
have you?
Unorthodox. Bowl me a googly, Gazzer!
IMF help before the bank has opened? Whatever next. The same old line-your-own pockets first, brigade.
What a pile of dogshit these politicians really are!
Why anyone would bother voting is a mystery.