LMP calls for publication of govt programme to fight climate change

Green opposition LMP on Thursday called on Prime Minister Viktor Orban to publish a government programme that has been used to apply for European Union funding for the fight against climate change. Orban told the opening meeting of parliament's autumn session that Hungary's economy could achieve carbon-neutral status by 2050, deputy group leader Erzsebet Schmuck told a press conference. Orban also said that the government had informed the European Union that the implementation of its programme to achieve this would require funding of 50,200 billion forints (EUR 152bn), she added. LMP is skeptical about Orban's promise, she said. So far, he has "promoted the interests of the German car industry and the Polish coal industry in Brussels" instead of the interests of Hungarians, she added.