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Hungary Reiterates Veto Threat over New EU Sanctions on Russian Energy
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Orbán Calls for Suspension of Russian Energy Ban Amid Middle East Conflict
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called on the European Union to immediately suspend its proposal to phase out Russian energy imports, arguing that the outbreak of war between Iran and Israel has created a radically new global situation. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Sunday, Orbán warned that Hungary will not allow ‘the cost of another Brussels blunder’ to be passed on to its citizens. According to the prime minister,…
According to the Prime Minister, the conflict that broke out on Friday has put Middle Eastern energy sources at risk, so if the EU also loses access to Russian energy, "the European economy will be brought to its knees."
In view of the tense situation in the Middle East, Hungary proposes "not at all to submit the plan for discussion".
He wrote about it in H.” Hungary has vetoed the Energy Council's opinion calling on the European Commission to promote a plan to ban Russian gas and oil,” the statement said.He noted that energy policy “is a matter of national competence” and therefore Brussels should not engage in this.Siyarto believes, that the European Commission's plan jeopardizes the sovereignty and energy security of Hungary.He stressed that in view of the escalation in th…
Hungary and Slovakia have rejected the European Commission's plan to halt imports of oil, gas and nuclear fuel from Russia at the Energy Council in Luxembourg, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who attended the meeting, said. "I spoke out against this decision and the Slovaks also said they do not support it. The fight continues, so we will certainly discuss this issue many more times and in many places," Szijjarto said at a meeting wi…
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