Hungary Receives Energy Security Guarantee in Exchange for Renewed Sanctions
The EU Commission committed to protecting oil and gas delivery to member states thanks to pressure from Budapest.
The EU Commission committed to protecting oil and gas delivery to member states thanks to pressure from Budapest.
Radical environmentalist group calls for acts of sabotage.
Security sources say it’s difficult to believe that at least the Ukrainian General Staff was unaware of the sabotage operation.
An EU member state endangering the gas supply of another is “unacceptable,” the Hungarian foreign minister said, as many suspect American interests behind the scenes.
National sovereignty is complicated in a globalised world—even for Hungary.
“Ukraine should just blow up the pipeline and likely destroy Hungarian [Prime Minister] Viktor Orban’s industry, which is based heavily on Russian oil,” Zelensky said, according to the leaked intelligence documents.
Citing environmentalist opposition, French President Macron stated that MidCat “will not solve the European gas problem.”
The project, dubbed MidCat, would carry North African gas from Spain to Germany, running through France.
The latest step to completion comes as Europe faces an energy crisis.
“We agree with the Americans that gas should not be used as a geopolitical weapon,” the German chancellor said.