A 2026-os költségvetés-elemzésből
729 million Ft for 'thematic programmes' — whatever those are.
A discretionary pot whose only description is 'thematic programmes support' — no defined mandate, no protected cohort, and no activity that abrupt removal would strand.
About 162 Ft per employed Hungarian per year for a line whose use is determined programme-by-programme at the Fund's discretion.
Amit látsz — és amit nem
The seen: whichever ad-hoc programme the Fund selects in any given year. The unseen: the 729 million Ft flowing to recipients chosen by a political body with no published criteria, no enumerated mandate, and no accountability to the taxpayers whose money it allocates.
Ellenvetés
"A flexible thematic fund allows the state to respond to emerging minority community needs that do not fit established programme categories."
Válasz
A line with no defined mandate is a discretionary fund — its flexibility is political flexibility, not responsiveness to genuine need. Any programme the Fund considers worthwhile under this heading is by construction one-off and selected at its discretion; there is no dependency chain that an abrupt removal would strand. The 728.9 million Ft returns to general revenue; genuinely valued activities can apply to the voluntary endowment established in the transition.
Share if you think public money should fund named programmes with stated criteria, not open-ended discretionary pots.
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Indoklás
A small discretionary line funding ad-hoc "thematic" programmes selected by the Fund. The vagueness of the heading is itself the diagnostic: a line whose only description is "thematic programmes" is a discretionary pot whose use is determined programme-by-programme by the administering body. There is no defined mandate, no protected cohort, and no enduring activity that abrupt removal would strand — the programmes are by construction one-off and selected at the Fund's discretion. The classification follows the principle, not the size: small discretionary lines with no dependency chain are strong Immediate Cuts, and the principle scales. The 728.9 millió Ft returns to general revenue in the first cycle.
Átállási mechanizmus
Eliminate the line in the 2026 cycle. Any thematic programme genuinely valued can be financed through the voluntary endowment vehicle established in the transition.
Érintett csoportok
Recipients of ad-hoc thematic-programme grants — by construction not a standing cohort. No dependency chain; no protected reliance.
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