Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said a plan prepared by European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would kill Hungary's energy security and the public utility price cut scheme, so the government will fight against it with all means in its power.
In reaction to a draft regulation presented by Dan Jorgensen, the European Commissioner responsible for energy and housing, the foreign minister said energy ministers had discussed a proposal that involved supporting Ukraine by cutting off Europe, and Hungary in it, from cheap Russian natural gas and crude oil.
"As a result of the von der Leyen-Zelensky plan, Hungarian families would pay double for electricity and three times more for natural gas," he added.
"We made it clear in yesterday's debate that it is unacceptable for Hungary, and that we will fight against Brussels' plan. Yet, today the European Commission, under the leadership of von der Leyen, came forward with a draft regulation which is an actual legal document, and it involves making it impossible to purchase natural gas and crude oil from Russia," he said.
"The regulation would involve a ban on purchasing natural gas from Russia under short-term contracts from as early as next year, and from early 2028 under long-term contracts," he added. Crude oil purchases from Russia would be stopped from early 2028, he said.
"No ban has been specified concerning nuclear fuel rods, which is obviously connected to the fact that the western European and Russian nuclear industries are completely intertwined, with numerous joint development projects underway between western European and Russian companies, so nuclear fuel rod acquisitions are currently not under threat," Minister Szijjártó said.
He said the draft regulation showed that Brussels was ready to "kill safe and cheap energy supplies for Hungary".
"They would fully eliminate one of the two crude oil pipelines to Hungary ... [and] in natural gas deliveries, 26 billion cubic meters of capacity would be scrapped in a short time. On the one hand, Ukraine has closed the pipeline through its territory; on the other hand, this proposal specifically names the border crossing point between Serbia and Hungary, so it would stop deliveries through the TurkStream pipeline," he said.
"This proposal severely violates our sovereignty because the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that member countries have full authority over their energy policy, and nobody has the right to say what type of energy we buy, from who and for how much," he added.