Hungary’s Orbán-era foreign minister grilled over ties to Chinese automaker after joining company
The committee is examining whether his role in securing subsidies for BYD created a conflict of interest, with the company set to receive 20 billion forints in aid.
- On Monday, former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto appeared before the National Security Committee to answer questions about his dealings with Chinese automaker BYD while in office.
- Szijjarto, who served as Hungarian Minister for 12 years under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, resigned from parliament in July to take an executive position with BYD, prompting conflict of interest accusations.
- Prime Minister Péter Magyar told lawmakers that Szijjarto helped BYD secure "hundreds of billions" in public money, including a factory in Szeged and Budapest headquarters with $63.7 million in government assistance.
- Upon arriving at the hearing Monday, Szijjarto told reporters there had been "serious misunderstandings" related to BYD's investment, defending the subsidies as "well within the framework of the usual subsidies."
- Since taking office in May, Prime Minister Magyar has promised increased regulation and tighter oversight of Hungary's battery production sector following workplace accidents and contamination findings at several plants.
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Hungary’s former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó appeared before a parliamentary committee on Monday to answer questions about his dealings with Chinese automaker BYD while still in office. He left politics in July to take up an executive position with the company. Szijjártó, who served as Hungary’s foreign minister for 12 years under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before an election defeat in April, announced in July that he would resign h…
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Hungary's former foreign minister grilled over ties to China's BYD automaker while in office
Hungary's former Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto appeared before a parliamentary committee on Monday to answer questions about his dealings with Chinese automaker BYD while still in office. He left politics in July to take up an executive position with the company.
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijártó, answered questions about his cooperation with the Chinese car manufacturer BYD in the Hungarian Parliament today.
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