Hungary: Fidesz May Compensate Tobacconists Who Lose Livelihoods due to Nationalization

Source from:  All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)  05/10/2013

Fidesz supports offering compensation to shop owners who already sell tobacco products but who made unsuccessful bids at a recent tender for licences, the party's group leader said on Wednesday.

The government is working on a solution to make sure that people whose livelihoods depend on selling tobacco products, but who lost bids, should stay in business, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio Kossuth last Friday.

Ruling Fidesz party group leader Antal Rogan said he supported the idea of compensation. Asked whether plans were afoot to assess conflicts of interests among the winners by banning family members of local council officials from getting licences, Rogan said this would create more problems than it would solve. Enditem