National campaigner, Hungary
Email: alexa AT mtvsz.huTel.: +36703408997
Alexa joined Bankwatch in 2016 as an EU Funds national campaigner, following three years of project work in the extractive and energy sectors under the Bankwatch member group MTVSZ. Alexa holds an MSc in Ecology. Languages: Hungarian, English
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Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia all plan to expand the use of waste incineration to generate energy (mostly heat) as part of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). These plans will lead to much higher greenhouse gas emissions (
Web-version of the briefing Our analysis shows that most countries in central and eastern Europe are not committed to an ambitious energy transformation and instead stay as close as possible to business as usual scenarios. Moreover, the development of
Position on the Multiannual Financial Framework
July 9, 2018 | Read more
For nearly three decades, the EU Budget, and especially sectoral instruments such as the Cohesion Policy, has been a proven catalyst in the fight against climate change and the transition to a low-carbon energy system. By providing public investments i
Pyromaniacs in Budapest want to burn EU funds in new waste incinerator
December 22, 2017 | Read more
With its plans to build a new waste incinerator in Budapest with EU funding support, Hungary’s government not only ignores the opportunity to make it’s cities cleaner and healthier, but also piles up costs its citizens will have to pay in the future.
A new report assesses the state of play with the involvement of civil society partners in EU funds.
