without union, the union cannot decide on an oil embargo
Regarding sanctions, the individual rules are clear, unity is needed
Replies the Ministry of Foreign Affairs atv.huthat Katarina Barley and the German Vice-Chancellor also suggested that the member states of the European Union vote for an oil embargo against Russia without Hungary. After Vice-President Katarina Barley of the European Parliament, German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habcek said that Germany would support an EU embargo on Russian oil without Hungary.
It is the national competence for energy supply, it is up to each country to decide what and where they want or do not want to buy. The Hungarian government’s proposal remains that the oil embargo should not apply to pipeline transport
– wrote in his reply the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM).
As is well known, Hungary has vetoed the sixth EU sanctions package because the government rejects an oil embargo against Russia.
Viktor Orbán had previously said that Ursula von der Leyen suggested that it would amount to an atomic bomb. On the part of the Hungarian government, Péter Szijjártó mentioned a need for funds of 500-550 million, but in total a claim for compensation of 18 billion euros has already been made. After that, Hungary is 6 million percent dependent on Russian oil, and relocating refineries would cost hundreds of dollars and years.