From the 2026 budget audit
150 million forints labelled 'other resources'
An unspecified discretionary reserve inside the regional-development sub-chapter — no bounded mandate, no identified beneficiary, classified with the block it belongs to.
Roughly 38 Ft per taxpayer per year — 150 millió Ft total, in an appropriation that does not name the activity it funds.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: 150 millió Ft allocated as a discretionary reserve inside the regional-development block. The unseen: the taxpayer funding an appropriation that specifies no recipient, no project, and no bounded mandate — the functional definition of a political reserve.
Objection
"Budgets always carry unspecified reserves for genuine emerging needs — flexibility is a legitimate feature, not a flaw."
Answer
A contingency reserve for retained functions — emergencies, court awards, unexpected operating costs — is legitimate budget practice. An 'other resources' line inside a discretionary development block, with no bounded mandate, is a reserve for the discretion the reform is removing, not for the rule-of-law functions being retained.
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The analyst's verdict
Other Resources (Regional Development)
Rationale
An unspecified "other resources" appropriation within the regional-development sub-chapter. An appropriation labelled only "other," sitting inside the regional-development block alongside the development councils and their funds, is a discretionary reserve for the same class of activity. In the absence of a specific bounded mandate it is classified with the regional-development block on the same four-year glide; if a specific non-discretionary function is later identified within it, that function would be reclassified on its own merits.
Transition mechanism
Linear phase-out over 4 years, with the regional-development block.
Affected groups
None identifiable from the budget data; the line carries no specified beneficiary.
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