Budapest argues it’s facing an energy crunch after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Moscow’s oil transiting the country.
Hungary on Monday said it had asked the European Union to take action against Ukraine for imposing a partial ban on Russian oil exports, arguing the move was jeopardizing Budapest’s energy security.
Kyiv last month adopted sanctions blocking the transit to Central Europe of pipeline crude sold by Moscow’s largest private oil firm, Lukoil, sparking fears of supply shortages in Budapest. Hungary relies on Moscow for 70 percent of its oil imports — and on Lukoil for half that amount.
“Ukraine’s decision fundamentally threatens the security of supply in Hungary,” the country’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Monday at a meeting of EU envoys in Brussels. “This is an unacceptable step on the part of Ukraine, a country that wants to be a member of the European Union, and with a single decision puts the oil supply …. in fundamental danger.”
Oh gosh, I am so sorry, nevermind.
Yeah I’m sure the ukrainians are going to get right on that.
This is why you don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Over reliance on a single source for anything is just asking for things to go wrong.
Well the EU as a whole got severely fucked by the sanctions mean to cripple Russia’s economy, so Hungary should shut up and take it as a sign of solidarity.
Obviously, the EU hasn’t the spine to eject Hungary, so Putin’s Ally/Representative in the EU will remain disabling the EU’s strategy, in all ways possible…
I wonder how many extra thousands of EU troops will die in the escalations of Russia’s aggression, through the next decade(s), as a result of their current-spinelessness?
( remember the English appeasers of Hitler helped the Nazis, & remember that Stalin was providing supplies to the Nazis right up until the day they invaded Russia. Having spine enough to do what is correct/proper isn’t common-enough )
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Obviously, the EU hasn’t the spine to eject Hungary
There’s no way to remove a member. The EU could remove their voting rights, but Hungary used to be helped by Poland.
I wonder how many extra thousands of EU troops
There’s no EU army. There’s NATO, the EU countries have armies, but there aren’t any EU troops.
