I see that the left-wing press is now spinning on the claim that the government is still “searching for a solution” regarding the January utility price cap. This is the usual attempt to create uncertainty.
Let’s be clear: the government is not searching — it has already decided. The principled decision has been made, and the support will be provided to every Hungarian family. The cost of the extraordinary cold will not be paid by the people.
Experts are currently working on the technical details to ensure that the assistance reaches everywhere, from Budapest’s panel apartment blocks to detached houses. This is responsible, meticulous work.
While the left looks for faults even where there are none, the national government is delivering real solutions — including to homes in Budapest.
That is the difference between work and empty talk. Our job is action, not argument. We will protect Budapest’s families.
🎯 The real impact of this statement
This text does not present a solution — it performs psychological damage control.
🧠 1️⃣ Reassurance in uncertainty
When they say “we’ve already decided,” that is not information, but a calming phrase.
The goal is not for you to know what will happen, but to make sure you stop asking questions.
Effect:
- anger decreases,
- accountability fades,
- the feeling remains that “they’ll handle it anyway.”
🧓 2️⃣ Retroactive reframing of the pensioners’ bonus
Earlier, the message was:
- they received extra money,
- they are “protected,”
- they should be grateful.
Now it turns out:
- the bonus does not cover utility costs,
- it doesn’t even cover one week of extreme cold.
👉 The effect is not admitting a mistake, but rewriting its meaning:
it’s not that the system is insufficient,
it’s that “the weather was extraordinary.”
This is cognitive displacement:
the promise wasn’t false — reality simply became “unusual.”
❄️ 3️⃣ Shifting blame to an external cause: “the cost of the cold”
Cold weather is framed as a natural disaster, not a foreseeable, manageable risk.
Effect:
- responsibility disappears,
- decision-makers become “protectors,”
- citizens are reduced to passive sufferers.
🧩 4️⃣ “Experts are working on it” = buying time
This phrase does not signal a solution, but implies:
- don’t calculate yet,
- don’t ask questions,
- don’t compare.
Effect:
- the current shortfall becomes normalized,
- people burn through their own reserves in the meantime.
🔒 5️⃣ Closing the debate on moral grounds
“We act, others argue.”
This shuts down thinking.
Effect:
- those who ask questions are labeled “nitpicky,”
- those who complain are “ungrateful,”
- the real problem becomes unspeakable.
🧠 Overall effect
This statement is not about utility costs. It is about making people:
- accept that the extra money is not enough,
- stop treating that as a problem,
- and be grateful that “at least they got something.”
👉 This is not solution-focused communication.
It is the deliberate lowering of expectations.