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PM Orbán’s European representatives mad at Bulgaria: a ‘hostile’ move
Bulgaria’s decision to raise the transit price of gas is a “hostile move” and against European Union regulations, and Hungary is expecting immediate answers from the European Commission on the matter, Fidesz MEP András Gyürk said on Friday.
Bulgaria’s decision to raise trasit prices a week ago without prior notice may put Hungary’s energy supplies at risk and contradicts the principle of energy solidarity enshrined in the European Treaty, Gyürk said.
The MEP group of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz has turned to the EC with questions requiring immediate answers on the matter, he said.
The price hike could put the energy supplies of Hungary and Serbia at risk and destabilise energy markets, he said.
Fidesz MEPs expect information on planned countermeasures from the EC. It also expects the EC to state that it still sees member states’ energy mix as a national competency, he said. The transit fee hike may put limits on that competency, he added.
Energy security and protecting citizens from high energy prices is a matter of sovereignty, he said.
“We will not leave the hostile Bulgarian step without answer. Hungary will defend its sovereignty, whether together with the EC or against Brussels bureaucrats,” he said.
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So much for National Sovereignty. Our Politicians all of a sudden invoke “European solidarity” as an argument and happily preemptively blame “Brussels Bureaucrats” if the EU does not act against Bulgaria exercising their “National Sovereignty”.
Then, astonishingly, our Politicians complain of introduction of additional taxes, charges, or price ceilings at short notice – impossible to pass on down the chain. Not altogether uncommon in Hungary, right? In fact – Hungary is pretty good at that, as we are all well aware!