Hungarian government recovers billions from toll system transactions

Hungarian Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy announced that a private equity fund linked to businessman Lőrinc Mészáros has refunded 2.3 billion forints to the state budget.

The reimbursement follows government scrutiny into transactions made under former minister János Lázár, where the previous administration spent roughly 64.5 billion forints purchasing key entities in the electronic toll collection system. Vitézy described the repayment as progress in state asset recovery.

Concurrently, reports indicate the government is expanding its investigation into state contracts surrounding the toll infrastructure, particularly targeting long-term private beneficiaries of the system.

Sources: 444, HVG, Telex.