BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government said on Thursday it had some conditions before it could back a new EU climate commitment, including a demand that the bloc recognise that nuclear power will help in the fight against climate change.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told a press conference that Hungary wanted EU guarantees that a climate deal would not lead to price hikes in the energy and food sectors, and that costs would be borne by big polluters.
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