Prime Minister Magyar orders exclusion of Mészáros Lőrinc's firm from rail contracts

Prime Minister Peter Magyar used a Friday Facebook post to state that Mészáros Lőrinc's railway construction company will be removed from every ongoing rail procurement procedure. The same decision was reiterated at a government press conference, where Transport and Investment Minister David Vitézy noted that V-Híd had been informed minutes before the announcement. The action stems from irregularities identified in the Southern Circular Railway project, where the European Court of Auditors found that V-Híd accessed privileged information via the design firm Kontúr Group, giving it an unfair competitive edge.

As a result, the government will cancel the existing contract for the Southern Circular Railway and order V-Híd to leave the construction site. A fresh public tender will be issued to complete the project.