As one of the rats addressed (a well-known Fidesz scoundrel, by the way), I dare to respond to the arguments that have been pouring in over the past few days, all the better for why the Danube must be dammed at all costs. Because how it must be done is not the question, it's just that they are looking for a new explanation for why it is necessary, decade after decade. So far, with little success.
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There is a determined group in Hungary that, in recent decades, has thought of the unbuilt Danube aqueducts as a surefire cure for energy crises, droughts, inflation, and perhaps even toothaches.