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Fiscal surveillance in Hungary

This page gives an overview of fiscal surveillance in Hungary in the context of the EU economic governance framework.

On this page you find documents related to the EU fiscal surveillance in Hungary, including 

  • its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan that sets out the country’s commitment to ceilings for net expenditure as well as priority public investments and reforms and the Commission assessment and Council endorsement of the plan.
  • annual progress reports in which the country reports on the implementation of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan.
  • documents related to the excessive deficit procedure (EDP).

Medium-term fiscal-structural plans

  • 8 JULY 2025
Council Recommendation allowing Hungary to deviate from the maximum growth rates of net expenditure
  • 4 JUNE 2025
Recommendation on activating the national escape clause - Hungary
  • 18 FEBRUARY 2025
Council recommendation endorsing the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan of Hungary
  • 16 JANUARY 2025
Commission assessment of Hungary's medium-term fiscal-structural plan
  • 16 JANUARY 2025
Addendum to the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan Hungary (part 1)
  • 16 JANUARY 2025
Addendum to the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan Hungary (part 2)
  • 4 NOVEMBER 2024
National medium-term fiscal-structural plan Hungary
  • 21 JUNE 2024
Commission prior guidance - Hungary
  • 21 JUNE 2024
Commission prior guidance calculation sheet – Hungary

Annual Progress Reports

Each year by 30 April, Member States have to present an Annual Progress Report on the implementation of their national medium-term fiscal-structural plan. These reports facilitate the effective monitoring and enforcement of the implementation of the maximum growth rates of net expenditure set by the Council and the reform and investment commitments made by Member States in their national medium-term fiscal-structural plans. 

See Hungary’s annual progress reports

Excessive Deficit Procedure

Hungary is subject to an Excessive Deficit Procedure.

Documents related to the excessive deficit procedure for Hungary

Assessments of Hungary's convergence programme (archive)

As required by the Stability and Growth Pact, each spring Hungary submits a convergence programme which presents an update of the medium-term fiscal strategy.

Based on an assessment by the Commission prepared by DG ECFIN, the Council adopts an opinion on the programme in the scope of the European Semester.

Euro area Member States submit stability programmes while countries outside the euro area submit convergence programmes.