Two-day cabinet meeting starts in Balatonőszöd today

The cabinet will hold a two-day summit at the government resort of Balatonőszöd today and Saturday. Discussions will cover the reform measures taken so far in health care, education and social welfare, and will investigate ways of accelerating reform.

Ministers will also discuss the public transport network and its fare prices, and aim to progress with a comprehensive railway development scheme, and the synchronizing bus and rail timetables. They will also choose a location for the new government quarter, from sites along the Danube embankment near the Lágymányosi híd in south Pest, in the Déli railway station locale, and around Nyugati railway station.

Népszava reports today that it appears likely that the new government quarter will be built near Nyugati, as both the cabinet and Budapest city council opted for that location.

The state of the coalition agreement will also be discussed today, after the Free Democrats broke rank and voted for a Fidesz motion on pension amendments on Monday.

The Balatonőszöd resort is where Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány in May made the speech which led to a series of anti-government protests in September and October.

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