Vote to Prevent Chinese Chemical Waste Dump in Budapest Goes Through Unanimously
- 29 Jun 2023 8:59 AM
- Hungary Matters
The city assembly on Wednesday decided in a unanimous vote to support the mayor’s proposal on submitting an amendment aimed at preventing the government plan to set up a base to store hazardous chemicals in southern Budapest.
Mayor Gergely Karácsony said the amendment proposal was aimed at preventing the Hungarian government and its Chinese partners from setting up a base in Soroksár for depositing dangerous chemical substances needed for European battery production there, and it initiates amendments to the capital’s settlement structure plan and settlement regulations for the affected areas of Soroksár.
Ferenc Bese, Soroksár’s independent mayor, said the establishment of a chemical waste site in the district needed to be prevented by any means necessary, but added that the amendment proposal had not been adequately prepared.
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