"We do not want to become Gazprom's happiest barrack"

In a recent interview to a conservative weekly, Viktor Orban criticized the Hungarian government's energy policy.

Dátum: 2007-01-09 13:17:00, eredeti URL: http://archiv.fidesz.hu/index.php?Cikk=70439
KCMDB-be feltöltve: 2024-05-05 01:22:00.215201, Feltöltő: fidesz_hu_scraper_v2

Of the 27 EU-member countries, Hungary is one of the most dependent on Russia's gas supplies, amounting to an 80% share of all the imported quantity. Contrary to the European Union's goal to diversify its energy import structure, the recent trend in Hungarian energy policy seems to take exactly the opposite direction, rendering the country to a defenseless position against Gazprom's already massive positions in the region. The chairman of Fidesz said that a potential Russian dominance in Hungary this time would not mean military overpower but a stronghold in economic positions.

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