According to LMP, the Orban-administration will not cease in demolishing the democratic institutions of Hungary. Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Máté Szabó’s, first act was to eliminate the office of green ombudsman under the new law on ombudsman (which came into effect the 1st of January, 2012). Based on the new legislation, 14 members, including the [...]
Although, the Orbán-government has “enriched” Hungarian legislation with numerous debateable measures, the current Atomic Energy Act amendment brings higher risk to present and future generations than any of the other inconsiderate steps. Just when the majority of the world is pursuing tighter nuclear safety regulations, Hungary has developed a slacker regulation procedure of the currently [...]
Benedek Jávor turned to the Municipal Court in order to request permission for the public to access the content of the Paks power plant expansion documents. On the 28th of February, the chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee, Benedek Jávor, requested the Lévai project papers from the Hungarian electricity services, MVM Ltd. The request for [...]
The 14th Council Meeting of the European Green Party (EGP) will take place in Budapest from 31 March to April 3. Simultaneously with this event, the Green Group in the European Parliament will have a two-day session in the city. The 14th EGP Council Meeting will be attended by nearly 400 delegates, experts and supporters [...]
LMP demands that the administration halt plans to expand the Paksi Nuclear Power Plant. The green party believes that money and time spent on the project is money and time gone to waste. It is incomprehensible that while the Fukushima tragedy led to a freeze of nuclear power projects world wide, it only strengthens an [...]
Benedek Jávor, chairman of the Hungarian Parliament’s Committee for Sustainable Development, and Bence Tordai, spokesman for LMP, introduced the joint publication prepared by LMP and the Green Group in the European parliament regarding the main challenges for the Hungarian EU-presidency. The publication is called “A different vision for Europe – Green priorities for the Hungarian EU presidency”. The publication addresses the priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency, and what actions Hungary must take in order to make this term a success.
Politics Can Be Different (LMP) regards the climate conference in Copenhagen to be a catastrophic failure. The main goal was to set up a comprehensive schedule for the battle against climate change. A set of quick and efficient steps would have been appropriate, but instead the final document is not even worth the paper it [...]
Politics Can Be Different (LMP) held a large demonstration Thursday afternoon to call attention to the importance of the Copenhagen climate talks. Hundreds of activists in Heroes square shaped out a “living thermometer” emphasizing the immediate threat of climate change. With varying levels of the mercury in the “living thermometer”, the activists tried to indicate [...]
There were more than a hundred Hungarians who took part in the climate-change demonstration in Copenhagen on Saturday. 968 people, including four Hungarian citizens, were taken into custody by the police. Many of LMP’s representatives, (Hajdú Mária and Vágó Gábor, among others) took part in the demonstrations. Reportedly, all LMP members present managed to avoid [...]
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