In the recent months the issue of the Bosnyák street market became a popular subject among the local politicians. Representatives of the municipality have been aware of the fact for a long time, that the street market – which in fact has been a competitor to the Bosnyák square market hall – does not correspond... to the legal requirements of the EU. Surprisingly, this issue has moved out of the sights of some warrior-like local representatives. They now think that the street market is one of the voters` most neuralgic issues, and furthermore, this issue can easily be mixed with the already over-politicized issues related to the development of the district centre.
The local residents think that the area of the Bosnyák market is really the most littered place in the district, and is causing endless problems for the Emergency Information Centre of Public Area Supervisory and the District Protection Authority.
Since we joined the EU, the so-called MDF-market could have existed only according to the relevant EU legal requirements, but the local municipality extended life of the market time after time by granting delays. It has been publicized in the press that the municipality had made a decision years ago to end the Saturday market in order to facilitate the new district centre and the modernization of the market hall. The EU membership and the corresponding EU legal requirements would call to end the street market anyway.
The `market`, which looks like a Chinese market littered by piles of vegetables and other garbage, has been bothering local residents for years. They protected against the market from the beginning but their efforts have been futile so far. Furthermore, the street market is competing with the Bosnyák square market, where croppers have to pay significant stallage. Observing the street market, one cannot miss the obvious fact, that there is an ample supply of products such as clothes and various chemist`s goods from the Far East, which cannot be categorized as `Hungarian-grown food products`, even if we try our best to label these products as such.
Weird enough, neither the municipality, nor the market inspectorate did invest any money in years for the reconstruction or the modernization of the Bosnyák square market hall. It is also weird that the smart municipality representatives protected the street sellers instead of the croppers in the market hall.
The one-day street market – `croppers market`, as some refer to it, but only with a fair amount of biased goodwill - costs an estimated 140-150 Million HUF to the district, whereas the real croppers in the Bosnyák square market are still fighting for survival on the other six days of the week - under the open sky, paying substantial stallage.
It makes this case a delicate one that under the guise of representing the interests of the less wealthy residents, the issue can easily be mixed with the already over-politicized issues related to the development of the district centre. The plot owner - a real estate developer - submitted proposals to the municipality several times to reach an agreement on this issue. The developer company says that they are not against, instead they say would be delighted to have the market there even for their own investment. So it looks that the solving the problem of the Saturday market only sits on the representatives of the assembly. Interestingly enough, this solution would not be profitable to the politicians. To sum it up: this is how politics meets the `market economy` today.
The local residents think that the area of the Bosnyák market is really the most littered place in the district, and is causing endless problems for the Emergency Information Centre of Public Area Supervisory and the District Protection Authority.
Since we joined the EU, the so-called MDF-market could have existed only according to the relevant EU legal requirements, but the local municipality extended life of the market time after time by granting delays. It has been publicized in the press that the municipality had made a decision years ago to end the Saturday market in order to facilitate the new district centre and the modernization of the market hall. The EU membership and the corresponding EU legal requirements would call to end the street market anyway.
The `market`, which looks like a Chinese market littered by piles of vegetables and other garbage, has been bothering local residents for years. They protected against the market from the beginning but their efforts have been futile so far. Furthermore, the street market is competing with the Bosnyák square market, where croppers have to pay significant stallage. Observing the street market, one cannot miss the obvious fact, that there is an ample supply of products such as clothes and various chemist`s goods from the Far East, which cannot be categorized as `Hungarian-grown food products`, even if we try our best to label these products as such.
Weird enough, neither the municipality, nor the market inspectorate did invest any money in years for the reconstruction or the modernization of the Bosnyák square market hall. It is also weird that the smart municipality representatives protected the street sellers instead of the croppers in the market hall.
The one-day street market – `croppers market`, as some refer to it, but only with a fair amount of biased goodwill - costs an estimated 140-150 Million HUF to the district, whereas the real croppers in the Bosnyák square market are still fighting for survival on the other six days of the week - under the open sky, paying substantial stallage.
It makes this case a delicate one that under the guise of representing the interests of the less wealthy residents, the issue can easily be mixed with the already over-politicized issues related to the development of the district centre. The plot owner - a real estate developer - submitted proposals to the municipality several times to reach an agreement on this issue. The developer company says that they are not against, instead they say would be delighted to have the market there even for their own investment. So it looks that the solving the problem of the Saturday market only sits on the representatives of the assembly. Interestingly enough, this solution would not be profitable to the politicians. To sum it up: this is how politics meets the `market economy` today.
