The government’s 2021 budget bill allocates some 3,000 billion forints (EUR 8.5bn) for a healthcare and pandemic defense fund, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said in a video posted on Facebook on Monday.
Varga said the 2021 budget bill would be submitted to lawmakers on Tuesday.
Next year’s budget will be one for “re-starting the economy”, he added.
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