Viktor Orbán, the blackmailer of the EU – Liberation

Pebble in the shoe

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–Gathered for an extraordinary summit in Brussels on Monday to discuss new sanctions against Moscow, the Twenty-Seven would have agreed on a “provisional exemption for crude oil delivered by pipeline” in order to escape the veto wielded by the Hungarian Prime Minister , close to and dependent on the Kremlin. –

Viktor Orbán is about to win the showdown between him and the European institutions. The implementation of the European embargo on Russian oil could be put off indefinitely. Ahead of the extraordinary European Council which began Monday in Brussels, the Hungarian sovereigntist leader announced that he would veto the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. Because this project of the European Commission provided for an embargo on Russian oil. Yet Hungary, like most of the former Soviet satellites, is very dependent on Moscow, from which it buys 65% of its oil. “This embargo would amount to dropping an atomic bomb on the Magyar economy”, Orbán had warned.

Already in dispute with the Commission which accuses him of not respecting the State of…

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