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Video: Budapest's Mayor Snubs PM By Lobbying EU For Climate Change Cash

• 14 Feb 2020 10:26 AM

Budapest's liberal mayor Gergely Karácsony and his counterparts in the region are lobbying Brussels for direct access to money aimed at making the continent climate neutral. It's being seen as a direct snub to their national governments.

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