Oil embargo: Hungarian government awaits Brussels’ proposals to resolve the situation
Because the approval of the European Commission’s latest round of sanctions against Russia would make it impossible for Hungary to buy the crude oil necessary to run its economy, the country can only support a proposal “that addresses this problem created by the commission”, the foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of a Syria donor conference in Brussels, Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian reporters that the EC’s latest sanctions package jeopardised the unified EU stance on ending European dependence on Russian energy.
If the sanctions are approved, Hungary would have to make enormous infrastructure investments and would also need to manage the effects of the measures on price increases, Szijjártó said.
He said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had been briefed in detail during her meeting with the prime minister on Monday on the effects the sanctions would have on Hungary. Hungary awaits Brussels’s proposals on how to resolve the situation, Szijjártó added.
Hungary’s energy supply rests on stable foundations; it is predictable and ensures the country’s ability to function, Szijjártó said. The EC’s sanctions package would “destroy this situation”, which Hungary will not allow, he said.
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Source: MTI
No matter what, there should always be a Plan B. So what’s the government doing about it. Can’t happen overnight we know, that’s why Slovakia, Czech Republic and Bulgaria have asked for extensions (Slovakia has asked for three years). But what about Hungary. Why the obstinacy. Agreements and contracts don’t really cut it now, the world has changed. Regardless of who’s in charge, we can’t stay dependent on Russia forever…….
Mr. Szijjártó said: “Hungary awaits Brussels’s proposals on how to resolve the situation”.
So. Hungarian politicians, over the past decade + , continue with / implement a strategy that makes us almost entirely dependent on Russian oil and gas (as well as a few other “achievements” with Russia, touted over the years) – zero Plan B. And now they are asking the Soros Lapdogs, Liberal Elite and Brussels Bureaucrats to resolve the situation? Really?
Hungary – continues to LOSE Ground – in it’s Brand Name.
The relationship – Russia & Hungary – with it creating for Hungary a position that they are WEDGED or Sandwiched in – continues to place Hungary, in the eyes of the European Union, NATO, Great Britain and the United States of America, in an Highly Eruptive position.
The probability that gathers turbo pace, broadsheet opinions that the Economy of Hungary is in SERIOUS Trouble, is a MAJOR factor, that sees Hungary, through it’s choice of – Abandonment & Isolation, not really wanting to be and FAILING in exihibiting/displaying – they Hungary – wanted to be part of the Community of European Countrys, the HEAVY price, which will be Savage in its Economic & Financial effects – will be Hungary.