The system of local governments was one of the great achievements of the regime change, but its significance and role have been gradually decreasing. The present government nationalised public education and health care, confiscating many administrative functions away from local governments, and further weakened the role of local governments by establishing a district system. Thus both decision making and implementation are farther removed from the people.
A helyi önkormányzatoktól sok feladatot elvett az állam (pl. közoktatás, kórházak fenntartása, stb.), az adósságaikat átvállalta, de ezzel párhuzamosan aránytalanul nagy forrást el is vont tőlük a kormány.
