Gulyas: EC climate change plan 'unacceptable' in current form

Hungary considers the European Commission's new "Fit for 55" catch-all climate change plan "unacceptable in its current form", the prime minister's chief of staff said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas told a regular press briefing that the EC's plan would make households, rather than polluters bear the costs of the fight against climate change, and would also "destroy" the achievements of the government's policy of reducing household utility fees. Hungary is prepared to support a more ambitious climate plan, Gulyas said, adding, however, that most European Union member states were not even honouring the commitments they had made so far. He also underscored the importance of making climate protection and emissions reduction a global issue.