This newly announced program is part of a wider pro-family budget which was unveiled earlier in the year by Orbáns Fidesz government is designed to combat massive demographic declines without relying on replacement migration.
The government offer would come in the form of a 30,600 euro loan to couples upon their marriage. The loan would have to be repaid until the couple has three children. At that point, the debt would be forgiven, France's Le Figaro newspaper reports.
In this month alone, approximately 2,400 Hungarian families have already signed up and applied for the loan which is paid out in monthly installments. In the case that the couple has a child within five years, the loan's interest and scheduled repayments are both suspended for a period of three years.
To be eligible for the program, certain criteria must be met include: one person in the married couple will need to have paid 180 days' worth of tax contributions to the state, the woman must be between 18 and 40 years old, and the marriage must be the first for at least one of the individuals involved.
Comment: There is fortunately a growing trend supportive of traditional families that is countering 'liberal values':
World Congress of families representative: 'Supporting family values is not fascism, it's caring for the future of humanity'