TechnologyHungary's Chinese EV ambitions thwarted by anti-immigration grief
Battery makers like CATL face staff shortage, local wariness in the country
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, seen here in Brussels in October, has pushed to let over 500,000 workers into the country for companies like China's CATL, despite his usual staunch opposition to immigration. © Reuters
JENS KASTNER, Contributing writer
November 14, 2023 17:48 JST
HAMBURG, Germany -- The government of Hungary's far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban, known for his tough anti-immigration stance, recently curtailed plans to let hundreds of thousands of workers into the country to serve Chinese battery makers and other manufacturers after strong opposition from the electorate in an ironic reversal.