Hungary’s family‑owned gas stations protest unpaid fuel‑price compensation

Hungarian opposition party Fidesz has called on the government to immediately pay the damage‑mitigation subsidy promised to small, family‑owned gas stations under the protected fuel‑price regime. The party’s communications director said the new Tisza administration has not fulfilled the agreement made when the price cap was introduced, leaving independent stations with mounting losses.

In response, the Independent Gas Station Association announced a one‑day shutdown on a Friday, planning a protest at the K+K station in Inárcs. The protest highlights the stations’ claim that the protected price policy harms smaller operators far more than large networks and that the promised compensation has not been received. The government has indicated that a new regulation will end the protected fuel price, while retaining the authority to set special prices in extraordinary circumstances.