On parle beaucoup du Premier ministre hongrois, Viktor Orban, de ses positions idéologiques et politiques, mais on parle peu de la Hongrie. Tamas Molnar, économiste au Budapest Institute, brosse un tableau de la situation économique et sociale du pays. Son article est également sur Metis en anglais.
After a post-crisis stagnation, Hungary experienced steady economic growth in the past two years. Along with record low inflation this led to rising real wages and significantly lower unemployment rates. However, large groups of the population did not benefit from this positive turn: higher employment rates include participants of the large-scale public works programme with a monthly wage below EUR 200, and social benefits were cut radically.
