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Hungarian state grinds to a halt as ministry staff reportedly show up just to drink coffee

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A minister publicly acknowledged that his ministry’s regulations were completed months ago but still await approval, along with regulations from several other ministries.
  • Magyar Nemzet cited anonymous Reddit accounts claiming that Hungary’s state administration has largely stalled four months after the change of government.
  • The reports cannot be independently verified because the posters are anonymous, although some Reddit accounts have later proved accurate.

Hungary’s state administration is increasingly portrayed as barely functioning, with ministry employees allegedly coming in “just to drink coffee,” according to stories circulating online.

Gajdos László, a minister, publicly acknowledged that his ministry’s regulations had been completed months ago but were still waiting for approval. The same situation reportedly affects several other ministries.

Világgazdaság noted that the claims came from anonymous Reddit users and therefore could not be verified. The outlet added that many stories first published on Reddit had later proved accurate in recent years.

Deák Dániel concluded that, four months after the change of government, more and more signs suggested that public administration had effectively ground to a halt. A country, he said, could not be governed through communication alone. Its ministries also had to operate.

A country cannot be governed through communication alone: the ministries also have to operate.

· Deák DánielHe used the delays and reported dysfunction to criticize the state of Hungary’s public administration.
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Originally published by Magyar Nemzet in Hungarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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