Watch: Chinese EV Battery Factory Sparks Water Shortage Fears in Hungary
- 1 Jun 2023 4:38 PM
The government in Budapest says it will drive economic growth for years to come. But locals fear it could be a disaster for the environment.
The government in Budapest says it will drive economic growth for years to come. But locals fear it could be a disaster for the environment.
China is investing billions in Hungary. It's using the country as an entryway into the European market. A planned BYD giga factory and several battery plants are promising jobs for locals - and a way for Beijing to bypass EU import tariffs.
Opposition LMP activists have shut off the entrances to the Samsung battery plant in Göd, north of Budapest.
A Greenpeace report shows that fetotoxic substances in the wastewater near the Samsung battery plant in God near Budapest also threaten nearby towns including Dunakeszi, the environment and climate affairs shadow minister of opposition Democratic Coalition said.
A few weeks ago, the firing of a department head at Corvinus University of Budapest caused a stir in Hungary: the professor had previously reported and initiated an ethics investigation regarding an influential family’s child finishing the semester in spite of not fulfilling the semester requirements.
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