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Magyar also said criminal proceedings would be initiated.
The prime minister said the government had reached a clear and irreversible decision based on the facts and a detailed assessment by the Ministry of Transportation and Investment.
“This contract, in its current form, is at an end,” Magyar said. He accused the previous government of creating an arrangement that would enrich the former Fidesz leadership and associated business interests for decades.
“No contract created to plunder the nation is untouchable,” he added.
Transportation and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said the 35-year concession allows MKIF to subcontract even operational and basic service tasks without public procurement while spending state funds.
According to Vitézy, the subcontractors include businesses owned by Lőrinc Mészáros, a childhood friend of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; Mészáros’ wife, Andrea Várkonyi; and the former prime minister’s father, Győző Orbán.
Vitézy said the agreement requires the Hungarian state to make every effort to contest any European Union infringement proceedings and defend the contract. It also sets out a settlement method should the agreement be declared void as a result of such proceedings.
The minister argued that these provisions demonstrated that those involved “knew full well that they were violating EU law.”
Vitézy said the government must find a way to terminate the concession without leaving construction work on the M1 motorway stalled for years. The interests of Hungarian taxpayers would be upheld throughout the legal proceedings, he added.
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