Hungary: Calls for Boycotts against Foreign Companies in Hungary

Politics ♦ Published: January 18, 2011; 00:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

A Hungarian initiative demands that 13 foreign companies be boycotted, including Austrian OMV

Hungary: Calls for Boycotts against Foreign Companies in Hungary / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The “crisis taxes” introduced by the new Hungarian government led 13 companies, among them the Austrian companies OMV, the Spar group and the construction market group Baumax, to submit a complaint before the EU Commission, calling for sanctions against the government of Hungary.  In the official document submitted by the companies, the EU Commission is asked to persuade the…

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