If any money is going into his pocket it would be very little. I wrote about this a few months ago but Budapest and Riga, Latvia are by far the cheapest capitals in the EU.

As for mentioning politics, I generally try to avoid politics in these. Besides, that is very tricky as political alignments shift frequently. In a month something I wrote in the article would no longer be factual. So, I try to just point out financial possibilities, and if they look good, the reader has a baseline of information to begin their search.