Budapest assembly votes to support anti-corruption programme

Budapest's new municipal assembly on Tuesday unanimously supported the implementation of an anti-graft programme aimed at increasing transparency of the city's operations. In his proposal, Mayor Gergely Karacsony noted that in the election campaign he had pledged to implement a "minimum programme" worked out by anti-corruption organisations Atlatszo, K-Monitor and Transparency International Hungary. Karacsony also noted that the city had already published "more information than required by law" but added that "the municipality should proceed along that path, further increasing the range of information released to the public".