Socialist MEP: Hungary should use REPowerEU Plan for ‘permanent utility cuts’

István Ujhelyi, an MEP for the opposition Socialists and Párbeszéd parties, has proposed an energy efficiency modernisation method using solely EU funds to achieve “a permanent household utility cost reduction” in Hungary.

Hungary could access thousands of billions of forints in the framework of the EU’s REPowerEU Plan, a new proposal aimed at transforming the EU’s energy system into one that is cheaper, more secure and ensures more stable energy supplies,

István Ujhelyi told an online press conference on Facebook.

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The money could be spent on energy efficiency modernisation programmes of private homes and houses, apartment homes, prefab blocks and public buildings, he said.

“As a result, 50-60 percent household utility reduction could be achieved with permanent effect,”

the MEP said.

The EU’s new plan aims to increase the proportion of green energy in each member state to 40-45 percent by 2030. Hungary is at the moment far behind with meeting this target, but now has the opportunity to close the gap with the help of EU funds,” he said, calling on the government to submit “concrete, feasible proposals” to Brussels.

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Source: MTI