>“It’s a big scandal [and] … we have to put into consideration some legal steps,” FM Péter Szijjártó told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of energy ministers. “This is a clear violation of the European Union treaty.”
>The ban, which is considered a regular law meaning that it will be adopted with at least a 55% majority of EU countries’ support, has met with stern pushback from Hungary and Slovakia which both say they should be able to veto it.
>“Because as a substance, this is a sanction … This is not a trade measure by content,” said Szijjártó in Luxembourg while explaining Budapest’s opposition. As part of foreign policy, when agreeing sanctions “a unanimous decision should be made,” he stressed.
>EU countries can challenge any action of the bloc in Luxembourg, where its top court is located.
>“The legal basis of our proposal is quite clear,” Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said on Monday in response to Szijjártó’s comments. Russia had shown it “it is not a reliable trading partner” which made it a “clear-cut case” of trade measures, Jørgensen added.
Tricky-Astronaut on
Hungary should do something about its absurdly high electricity prices:
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The gist of the dispute/threat:
>“It’s a big scandal [and] … we have to put into consideration some legal steps,” FM Péter Szijjártó told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of energy ministers. “This is a clear violation of the European Union treaty.”
>The ban, which is considered a regular law meaning that it will be adopted with at least a 55% majority of EU countries’ support, has met with stern pushback from Hungary and Slovakia which both say they should be able to veto it.
>“Because as a substance, this is a sanction … This is not a trade measure by content,” said Szijjártó in Luxembourg while explaining Budapest’s opposition. As part of foreign policy, when agreeing sanctions “a unanimous decision should be made,” he stressed.
>EU countries can challenge any action of the bloc in Luxembourg, where its top court is located.
>“The legal basis of our proposal is quite clear,” Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said on Monday in response to Szijjártó’s comments. Russia had shown it “it is not a reliable trading partner” which made it a “clear-cut case” of trade measures, Jørgensen added.
Hungary should do something about its absurdly high electricity prices:
https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/price_average_map/chart.htm?l=en&c=EU&interval=year&year=2025
Clearly paying the Putin premium isn’t the solution.