Hungary plans to classify information concerning its largest ever infrastructure project, a €2.3bn Chinese-backed rail modernisation, a move critics said shows that Prime Minister Viktor Orban is taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to push his own agenda.
Details of the 350km Beijing-funded high-speed rail link between Budapest and the Serbian capital Belgrade will be classified for 10 years, according to draft legislation submitted to the Hungarian parliament on Thursday.
The draft legislation seeks to classify all construction contracts on the grounds that their publication could “threaten Hungary’s ability to pursue its foreign policy and trade interests without undue external influence”.
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