Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday announced special 'crisis' taxes on telecommunications, energy and retail groups and called for a 'fundamental' economic transformation. 'The government is going to apply a 'crisis tax' on telecommunication companies, the energy sector as well as on retail chains,' he said in a speech carried by the private Inforadio station. He said the tax would remain in effect for three years and would amount to 61 billion forints (223 million euros, 311 million dollars) for telecom companies, 70 billion forints for energy groups and 30 billion for retail chains. 'We need a new action plan as soon as possible and must give priority to production and employment against speculation,' Orban said. 'We have to transform fundamentally the structure of the economy ... and the tax system.' He said the government was bound to hold the public finance deficit to 3.8 percent of output this year before bringing it to below 3.0 percent in 2011 under terms of a European Union-International Monetary Fund loan accorded in 2008 that saved Hungary from bankruptcy. Orban in addition said the government's plan aimed to secure growth of 3.0 percent in 2011. Details of the initiative are to be presented to parliament on Monday. 