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Orbán: they lied in Brussels to the people of Europe!
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday that “they lied in Brussels to the people of Europe” when they said that sanctions would not be extended to energy, and that this would lead to a swift end to the war in Ukraine.
European citizens are currently paying a “sanctions surcharge” for energy, which makes the future unstable, he said. “The question is whether we will make the situation even worse, given that in Brussels they want to introduce more and more sanctions,” he said.
Referring to a planned “National Consultation” public survey on the European Union sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the war in Ukraine, the prime minister said that unity and cooperation were all the more important in times of crisis.
The survey is the “most legally flexible form” of involving people in the decision-making process, which “in my experience is politically the best thing to do in certain situations,” Orbán said.
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Government planning pension premium this year
Orbán said that the government “expects” to pay a pension premium again this year. In line with its 2010 promise to protect the value of pensions, “it has given back the 13th month pensions”, based on the country’s economic performance, he said. “We are continuing to increase pensions in line with inflation,” he said.
When economic growth exceeds 3.5 percent, the government also pays a pension premium, Orbán added. “Although there is a debate about this, I think it will happen this year,” he said.
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Hungary to help build oil pipeline to ship Russian crude to Serbia
Budapest says project is part of a long-term ambition to diversify region’s energy infrastructure
Hungary has said it will help build a pipeline to transport Russian crude to Serbia in an effort to ensure continued oil supply to Belgrade despite EU sanctions.
Serbia gets its oil supply mainly via Croatia and the Adriatic Sea — a link that will be severed when the EU enforces a ban on Russian seaborne crude from December. However, Hungary will still receive Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline, which is exempt from the EU ban.
“The new oil pipeline would enable Serbia to be supplied with cheaper (Russian) crude oil, connecting to the Friendship oil pipeline,” Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said on Monday, referring to the Druzhba pipeline.
Kovács said the project was part of a long-term ambition from Hungary to diversify the region’s energy infrastructure.
The comment confirms a statement last weekend from Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić, who said the plan was to link the two countries within two years.
“Croatia has proved to be an unreliable supplier,” he said.
Landlocked Serbia and Hungary both rely heavily on Russian fossil fuels and energy partnerships with Moscow. Vučić and Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán met last week in Budapest where they agreed to pull the two countries’ energy sectors closer together.
“We consider long-term, large-scale energy co-operation with Serbia,” Orbán said at the time. “We want to connect our system. From an ownership perspective, we also want to connect our large energy production and transport systems.”
The plan, Vučić said, was to link up Serbia to southern Hungary at a cost of €100mn, with a possible extension to the Albanian Adriatic port of Durrës, via North Macedonia.
Winter supplies pose a more immediate challenge, however. Vučić said Serbia had about 200,000 tons worth of crude reserves and enough fuel to last about two months.
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Orbán: they lied in Brussels to the people of Europe!
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday that “they lied in Brussels to the people of Europe” when they said that sanctions would not be extended to energy, and that this would lead to a swift end to the war in Ukraine.
European citizens are currently paying a “sanctions surcharge” for energy, which makes the future unstable, he said. “The question is whether we will make the situation even worse, given that in Brussels they want to introduce more and more sanctions,” he said.
Referring to a planned “National Consultation” public survey on the European Union sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the war in Ukraine, the prime minister said that unity and cooperation were all the more important in times of crisis.
The survey is the “most legally flexible form” of involving people in the decision-making process, which “in my experience is politically the best thing to do in certain situations,” Orbán said.
Read also China: an alternative to EU money for Hungary?
Government planning pension premium this year
Orbán said that the government “expects” to pay a pension premium again this year. In line with its 2010 promise to protect the value of pensions, “it has given back the 13th month pensions”, based on the country’s economic performance, he said. “We are continuing to increase pensions in line with inflation,” he said.
When economic growth exceeds 3.5 percent, the government also pays a pension premium, Orbán added. “Although there is a debate about this, I think it will happen this year,” he said.
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Read also The new Italian government might follow Viktor Orbán’s politics
www.ft.com/content/f9174dff-15f5-46e3-ae3d-afa305ebfef1
Hungary to help build oil pipeline to ship Russian crude to Serbia
Budapest says project is part of a long-term ambition to diversify region’s energy infrastructure
Hungary has said it will help build a pipeline to transport Russian crude to Serbia in an effort to ensure continued oil supply to Belgrade despite EU sanctions.
Serbia gets its oil supply mainly via Croatia and the Adriatic Sea — a link that will be severed when the EU enforces a ban on Russian seaborne crude from December. However, Hungary will still receive Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline, which is exempt from the EU ban.
“The new oil pipeline would enable Serbia to be supplied with cheaper (Russian) crude oil, connecting to the Friendship oil pipeline,” Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said on Monday, referring to the Druzhba pipeline.
Kovács said the project was part of a long-term ambition from Hungary to diversify the region’s energy infrastructure.
The comment confirms a statement last weekend from Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić, who said the plan was to link the two countries within two years.
“Croatia has proved to be an unreliable supplier,” he said.
Landlocked Serbia and Hungary both rely heavily on Russian fossil fuels and energy partnerships with Moscow. Vučić and Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán met last week in Budapest where they agreed to pull the two countries’ energy sectors closer together.
“We consider long-term, large-scale energy co-operation with Serbia,” Orbán said at the time. “We want to connect our system. From an ownership perspective, we also want to connect our large energy production and transport systems.”
The plan, Vučić said, was to link up Serbia to southern Hungary at a cost of €100mn, with a possible extension to the Albanian Adriatic port of Durrës, via North Macedonia.
Winter supplies pose a more immediate challenge, however. Vučić said Serbia had about 200,000 tons worth of crude reserves and enough fuel to last about two months.