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From Greenpeace.org:
“Greenpeace calls for widening of EU investigation into Hungarian nuclear plant Press release – November 19, 2015
Brussels – The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into the construction of two nuclear reactors at the Paks nuclear power station in Hungary over a suspected breach of EU rules [1]. Greenpeace has welcomed the move, but called for an expansion of the investigation.

The Commission suspects that the Hungarian government violated EU rules on public procurement when it awarded the project to Russian state owned energy company Rosatom. Greenpeace highlighted this and other concerns in April 2014 in a formal complaint [2] calling on the Commission to also investigate possible violations of EU state aid and internal energy market rules.

Commenting on the news, Greenpeace EU legal strategist Andrea Carta said: “This is a positive move by the Commission which should lead Hungary to reassess its nuclear…