Hungarian Foreign Minister: Brussels decisions hurt Europe energy security
Decisions made by Brussels have so far have caused nothing but “damage” to Europe’s energy security, whereas measures taken by the Hungarian government have ensured continued supplies to the country, the foreign minister said in Prague on Wednesday.
The foreign ministry cited Péter Szijjártó after attending a meeting of EU energy ministers welcoming the fact that “no concrete decisions have been made” on introducing a cap on gas prices. Hungary will not support any proposal on introducing such measures because it would pose serious risk to the continent’s energy supplies and send energy prices skyrocketing, he said.
Hungary supports diversification in the form of using additional resources, such as importing more gas from Azerbaijan and increasing the capacity of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, Szijjártó said, adding that “the real solution” to the energy crisis is in infrastructure development including the construction of more pipelines and LNG terminals.
Hungary supports keeping energy related decisions in national competence, allowing member states the autonomy to decide whether or not to join mandatory community-level energy purchase, the foreign minister said.
Szijjártó said Hungary’s natural gas supplies were secure and its gas storage facilities were 48,2 percent full, as against the European average of 26,9 percent. The government is paying increased attention to the smooth “physical and legal operation” of the TurkStream gas pipeline through which gas flows are steady between east and west.
He said the world was living “its first global energy crisis in history” and called for working out solutions for the long term.
Source: MTI
Please stop the endless blaming, scapegoating; it serves no purpose. Rather, focus effective solutions on the root cause of the problem: the war in Ukraine. It hurts everyone: Russia, Ukraine, Europe and other countries as well. The sole beneficiary of the war is the US and they do not need our help. So if the war is hurting us all, why not just stop? Demand an immediate cease fire, following it up with facilitated peace talks. The EU is to suspend all sanctions as long as the cease fire holds and peace talks continue. Holding peace talks makes no sense while the parties are bombing each other, so a cease fire first is essential. Why would Russia be so willing to help the US at its own expense? Why would Ukraine be so willing to escalate the conflict with more and more modern weapons from NATO at its own expense? Stop this madness, stop driving the world toward a nuclear conflict and world war.