previous articles<\/a> we have revealed that the outstanding performance of the businesses of the prime minister\u2019s family was helped by their involvement in numerous state projects, mainly financed by the European Union. Companies owned by the father and brothers of Orb\u00e1n participated in public projects in spite of the fact that back in 2001, the PM explicitly asked his father to stay away from large-scale state funded project carried out that time. As the prime minister did not answer our written questions that we sent him previously, we asked him personally, after the meeting of the European Council, about what has changed since 2001.<\/p>\n\u201eI say it now as well that I consider it important,\u201d Orb\u00e1n said, and then nodded when we asked whether he considers it important that his father should not participate in state projects. When we enumerated several state-funded sewerage system construction projects in which his father\u2019s company participated as a supplier of building materials, Orban reverted: \u201cDoes he deliver materials for the state?\u201d When we answered that his company delivers materials for companies contracted by the state following public tenders, he replied: \u201cSo you also confirm that he did not fulfil state orders\u201d.<\/p>\n
Documents prove that the company of the PM\u2019s father, Dolomit Ltd. delivered building materials for recent sewerage system projects in \u00c9rd, Budapest and in the T\u00e1pi\u00f3 region. The projects were each worth tens of billions of forints, and they were mainly financed by the European Union, a frequent target of Mr. Orb\u00e1n\u2019s government. According to sources involved in the projects, these companies ordered building materials from Dolomit Ltd. despite the fact that they were more expensive than the competitors\u2019 products (some sources added that Dolomit Ltd.\u2019s products are of better quality).<\/p>\n
Business weekly Figyel\u0151 previously wrote that Dolomit Ltd. also delivered crushed stones for a huge railway construction project between Szajol and P\u00fcsp\u00f6klad\u00e1ny, while Magyar Narancs recently reported that the company of Gy\u0151r\u0151 Orb\u00e1n supplied building materials for the reconstruction of the National Riding Hall and for the motorway 8.<\/p>\n
The businesses owned by the father and by the two brothers of the PM, dealing with mining, manufacturing concrete products, and transportation, have nearly doubled their revenues since 2013, while their profit rate grew from 15% to 30%. During this time, members of the Orb\u00e1n family withdrew nearly 2 billion forints (6.4 million euros) in dividends. Last year, the firms somewhat slowed down but still produced significant profit for the Orb\u00e1n family.<\/p>\n
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