The Hungarian energy emergency action plan: delaying the national fossil fuel phase-out, undermining EU energy solidarity
August 1, 2022
The quickly prepared Hungarian energy emergency action plan, which comes into effect today on 1 August, is supposed to increase national energy supply security through seven measures. But as our assessment and those of other experts show, even if the plan runs only temporarily and in the short term, the consequences will be felt by Hungarian citizens in the longer term.
Miért késik a budapesti repülőtér fejlesztése?
January 14, 2022
Az Európai Beruházási Bank elfüggesztette a ferihegyi reptér bővítésére kínált hitele folyósítását, mivel azt tapasztalta, hogy a budapesti …
Elakadt a Budapest Airport hitele
January 14, 2022
Felülvizsgálja az Európai Beruházási Bank a már korábban odaítélt kétszázmillió eurós hitelének a további folyósítását, amelyet a Budapest …
Az Európai Beruházási Bank befagyasztja a Budapest Airport bővítésének hitelfolyósítását
January 10, 2022
Nem készült környezetvédelmi hatástanulmány és a környék lakóit sem kérdezték meg.
EU bank freezes funding for major Budapest Airport expansion over sweeping violations of environmental norms
January 10, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended the disbursement of a EUR 200 million loan intended to facilitate a dramatic increase in passenger turnover at Hungary’s main international airport following an investigation by the Bank’s Complaints Mechanism that found that no analysis had been done to assess the air pollution, noise pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that the development would generate, in breach of the Bank’s own policy as well as EU environmental law.
Por- és kerozinszennyezéstől szenvednek a reptér közelében élők, mégis a magyar lakosság kétszeresére növelik az utasforgalmat
October 12, 2021
Új tanulmányban vonja kérdőre a Magyar Természetvédők Szövetsége és a Közép- és Kelet-Európai Bankfigyelő Hálózat (Bankwatch) a budapesti …
Budapest airport torments neighbours as expansion project evades environmental checks
October 11, 2021
The expansion of Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), illustrates how big infrastructure projects are promoted at the expense of people and the environment, ignoring EU environmental requirements and the EIB’s own environmental and social standards. However, what is most striking about this case is the fact that a project with EU financial support, has ended up trapping citizens in miserable lives only few are able to flee.
Trouble in the air: EIB ignores environmental and social burdens caused by Budapest Airport expansion
October 11, 2021
The Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is located 16 kilometres from the centre of Budapest. With a licence for a capacity of 6 million passengers per year and 15 million in the peak year of 2019, new plans to develop the airport aim to increa
Status of the Territorial Just Transition Plans in central and eastern Europe: July 2021 update
July 8, 2021
This briefing is the third in our series of updates on the Territorial Just Transition Plan (TJTP) preparation process in seven central and eastern European (CEE) countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Hungary’s recovery plan – not green, just, or resilient
June 2, 2021
Although the Hungarian recovery and resilience plan has undergone major changes since its first draft, it is still far from ensuring a green and just recovery. Despite MTVSZ / Friends of the Earth Hungary’s proposals, the final version leaves households alone in their efforts to improve energy efficiency and fails to propose easily-achievable biodiversity measures. If small modifications are made during the EU-level approval process, the plan could be improved considerably.
