Hungary will try to cut gas consumption by 25% and recommends storing firewood
The chief of staff of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban signaled the government's intention to reduce gas consumption by institutions and businesses by a quarter "as quickly as possible", while the cuts and other energy consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite the fact that supplies from Russia appear to be secured by recent agreements.
Gergely Gulyas announced the 25% target – with exceptions for hospitals and social institutions – along with a call for Hungarian consumers to use electricity and gas sparingly. He warned that potential small business collapses, due to rising energy bills , could cause mass unemployment. 'approach of winter.
National populist Orban and his politically dominant Fidesz party have opposed EU moves to ban Russian gas and oil, and have placed numerous obstacles to several rounds of EU sanctions talks to punish non-war provocation of President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine.
Hungary receives more than 80% of its gas from Russia and is a transit country for the longest oil pipeline in the world, the Druzhba pipeline, which from Russia runs through Hungary and a handful of other EU countries. on its way to Germany.
In office for most of the past two decades, Orban has grown closer to Putin for several years as disputes with the European Union over the rule of law, media freedom, human rights and other political issues have increased. .
With Russian supplies reduced or blocked to most European states imposing sanctions on Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said late last month that the Russian state monopoly Gazprom will increase its gas supplies to Hungary to September and October. At the same time, however, the EU is banning the import of oil by sea from Russia
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