LMP protests against planned Debrecen battery plant

Green opposition LMP has protested against plans to build a battery-production plant near Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, labelling the project as "unacceptable". LMP co-leader Erzsebet Schmuck told a press conference on Wednesday that "rather than aspiring to be a leading battery producer we should think of the ramifications and feel ashamed". She insisted the project would leave a much too large carbon footprint and insisted that the mining of lithium, a key component for batteries, "leads to environment pollution and poverty" in the countries affected.