Orban Government Steered More Contracts to Allies Before 2-Year Election Loss
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
Orban Government Steered More Contracts to Allies Before 2-Year Election Loss
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
Summary
Hungary’s Integrity Authority found Viktor Orban’s government funneled a growing share of spending to politically connected companies in the two years before its landslide election defeat.
Communications and IT contracts increasingly went through framework agreements, the report said, reducing oversight of which service providers ultimately won work.
The authority was created at the European Union’s request to help prevent misuse of EU aid, placing the findings in the wider fight over Hungary’s governance and funding controls.