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The global technological transformation, the dynamic expansion of digitisation and automation, demographic changes, the COVID-19 pandemic and, in line with these, the increasing use of flexible and atypical forms of employment are fundamentally changing the future of work, and consequently the labour market expectations for individual jobs...

At its meeting in June, the Monetary Council of the central bank did not change the base rate (13%) but continued to cut the policy rate. The central bank cut its effective rate, the overnight deposit facility rate, by 100 basis points to 16.0%...

Amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and draft zero of the International Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (CA+) have also come under heavy criticism regarding management, control, and sanctioning powers. Many believe that there would be a transfer of sovereign state functions to the World Health Organization (WHO). The organization's Director-General could declare a regional or global health emergency under the proposed regulations, even in the event of potential emergencies. With his decision, the WHO Director-General could override the basic constitutional order of virtually all states.

Sixty-eight percent of Hungarians consider the Brussels political elite corrupt, and those surveyed consider corruption to be the biggest problem related to the leadership of the European Union in Brussels, according to a June survey by Századvég. The survey mapped the attitudes of the population towards the activities of the Brussels elite.

According to the June 2023 survey of Századvég Konjunktúrakutató, the sense of prosperity among households and businesses has deteriorated. The household index, measured on a scale of -100 to +100, fell slightly, from -17.9 to -19.4, while the business index fell more sharply, from -10.4 to -16.4...