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From the 2026 budget audit

33.7 millió Ft in unlabelled capital — negligible in scale, identical in form.

A minor residual capital line: frozen at its current level and left to lapse as the ministry's investment needs narrow.

Roughly 8 Ft per taxpayer per year — 33.7 millió Ft in undefined capital spending, small enough to let expire through a nominal freeze.

0 bn HUF allocation 7 HUF / taxpayer / year

What you see — and what you don't

The seen: a tiny capital allocation with no named purpose. The unseen: the principle — a residually-labelled line, however small, is a line defined by what it avoids naming.

Objection

"This is so small it barely matters — why include it at all?"

Answer

At 33.7 millió Ft it is fiscally negligible. It is included because the principle scales: a line labelled 'other capital' is the same form of undefined allocation as the 45.9 milliárd Ft 'other operating' line beside it. A freeze lets it lapse naturally without a political confrontation over 33 million forints.

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The analyst's verdict

Ministry administration — Other capital expenditures

Rationale

33.7 millió Ft, a negligible capital line; freeze and let it lapse.

Transition mechanism

Hold at nominal level and allow to lapse through real-terms erosion.

Affected groups

Ministry capital operations; negligible scale.

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