Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

The proposal submitted by the European Commission in March on the elimination of Russian energy imports in EU states is a "severe crime" of the sovereignty of the Member States, reacted by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, reports the EEA Agency, cited by...

European Hungarian Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi has blocked the adoption of a new European Union plan to abandon Russian oil and gas, reports Politico. Varhelyi, who was appointed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has raised a procedural objective...

Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

Hungary’s EU commissioner is hindering the plan’s quick approval on Tuesday, despite obligations to act independently from Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly policies.

Politico: The EU would become independent of Russian gas, but Viktor Orbán's man intervened - The Hungarian Commissioner objected to the draft.

Political considerations may be behind the delay.

The European Commission will present its new plan on Tuesday, which would allow EU companies to terminate their Russian energy purchase contracts without penalty and not to sign new ones with Moscow using market and legal instruments. The proposal aims to eliminate Russian energy sources from the European market on the basis of trade and competition law, bypassing member state vetoes. According to Portfolio, Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi has rais…