News News from Hungary The gov­ern­ment aims to main­tain and improve the qual­i­ty of life of families

The gov­ern­ment aims to main­tain and improve the qual­i­ty of life of families

Katal­in Novák said next year’s bud­get allo­cates HUF 2,500 bil­lion (EUR 6.9bn), or 5 per­cent of GDP, to fam­i­ly affairs

Katal­in Novák, who was appoint­ed min­is­ter of fam­i­ly affairs on Mon­day, said the Hun­gar­i­an gov­ern­ment aims to main­tain and improve the qual­i­ty of life of families.

The min­is­ter said next year’s bud­get allo­cates HUF 2,500 bil­lion (EUR 6.9bn), or 5 per­cent of GDP, to fam­i­ly affairs. That is the largest pro­por­tion allo­cat­ed to fam­i­ly affairs in any Euro­pean Union mem­ber state, and two-and-a-half times the 2010 fig­ure, she added.

Thanks to the government’s pol­i­cy, the num­ber of mar­riages has grown by 80 per­cent in the past decade, Min­is­ter Novák said, adding that the num­ber of divorces was at a 60-year low. The num­ber of chil­dren born in Jan­u­ary-July 2020 was up by 2,500 from the year before, she said.

Regard­ing women’s employ­ment, the min­is­ter said the gov­ern­ment offered var­i­ous options to fam­i­lies. Moth­ers can stay at home for up to three years with their chil­dren if they so choose, she said. At the same time, the gov­ern­ment has boost­ed the capac­i­ty of crèch­es and made fam­i­ly allowance avail­able for grand­par­ents to enable moth­ers to go back to work should they want to, she added.

Source: abouthun​gary​.hu