Experts blame profit-driven enforcement system for abuse and call for state control

At a Wednesday hearing of the Hungarian Parliament's expert committee, specialists identified the commercialization of the enforcement system as the primary driver of abuses. They noted that enforcement officers have focused on maximizing their own profits rather than upholding neutral legal standards, with no mechanisms to protect vulnerable debtors and no substantive state or judicial supervision. Legal scholar Hack Péter recalled that the enforcement law was passed shortly before the 1994 elections, when parliamentary and governmental capacities were weak, making the sector susceptible to interest-group influence.

Former ombudsman Szabó Máté added that inconsistent judicial practice and absent state control persisted from 2007 to 2012, and that the enforcement chamber lacked a unified complaints process. Policy adviser Fiszter Zsuzsanna advocated for "absolute state control"—either directly through courts or via one outlet Tax and Customs Administration—and proposed non-profit, publicly hired staff with lower fees and a dedicated compensation fund financed by financial institutions.