Orban: Left-wing govt would introduce market utility prices

Hungary's left-wing opposition has made it clear that if they win next year's general election, they will raise the price of electricity and gas to market level, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. "The left's position is clear: if market prices are rising, the people should also pay more," the prime minister said in a regular interview with public broadcaster Kossuth Radio. He added that his government, on the other hand, had fixed household utility prices in the interests of families and pensioners. Even though the price of electricity and gas has increased two to three-fold in Europe in recent months, Hungarian households have not seen their utility bills rise, Orban said.