Gergely Gulyás: margin freeze extended until November 30

Gergely Gulyás said that at its meeting on August 21, the government decided to extend the margin freeze in order to protect Hungarian families and limit inflation to the greatest extent possible.

We believe that unjustified price increases are not part of normal market profits and trade, and the regulations on the most important foodstuffs and household goods affect everyone, he stated.

The government decided this because the ten most heavily purchased foodstuffs would be 35 percent more expensive on average without the margin freeze

– he indicated.

Gergely Gulyás said that the government was also forced to deal with the attacks on the Barátság oil pipeline.

In this regard, both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister clearly expressed their opinion: “Our firm warning to Ukraine” is not to endanger the security of Hungary’s energy supply and to end the attack on the energy supply route to Hungary, he warned.

He added that we also expect Brussels to speak out on the matter.