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Hankó: Brussels' aim is to wither Europe
"As a result of Brussels' ill-fated sanctions policies, Brusselites took 2.5 million forints (EUR 6,250) out of Hungarian families' pockets in recent years," Balázs Hankó said.
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FM: EC wants to make Hungary pay the price of its support for Ukraine by banning Russian energy imports
Minister Szijjártó said that after the "complete failure" of its sanctions on Russia, the EC was "making another serious mistake by banning energy imports from Russia".
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FM: Hungary does not support the EU spending billions of euros to prolong war in Ukraine
Minister Szijjártó said the bloc's policy regarding the war in Ukraine "has failed miserably in the past years".
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FM: Hungary has refused to contribute to arms shipments to Ukraine
The foreign minister said that neither had Hungary supplied weapons nor contributed to the shipment of arms.
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FM: Government has requested that US exempt Gazprombank from sanctions
Minister Szijjártó said that the United States' chief diplomat had signalled a willingness for some form of consultations with allies on the sanctions affecting Gazprombank.
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FM: EU pressure on Hungary to be ramped up over 14th sanctions package against Russia
The foreign minister said previous sanctions had caused more damage to Europe than to Russia, and that European citizens had been the ones to pay the price, including Hungarians who had nothing to do with the war.
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FM: Hungary "weeds out" parts of Russia sanctions
The foreign minister said Hungary will continue to strip any elements that may harm its interests, should further sanctions be proposed.
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FM: Pressure to satisfy expectations behind latest EU sanctions package
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said several member states “want to be seen as doing something”.
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FM: EU’s economy today is characterized by “failure” due to “ideologically and emotionally driven policies”
“The sanctions policy has failed, and the trouble and damage it causes outweighs the … benefits,” Minister Szijjártó said.
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FM: EU should evaluate policy failure rather than adopt 12th sanctions package against Russia
Hungary’s stance is that it is time for the EU to confront the outcome of its political decisions on Ukraine, Minister Szijjártó said.
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FM: Hungary committed to peace despite enormous pressure
“We believe that this is not our war; we are in no way responsible for its outbreak, but we’re also paying the price for it … we continue to urge an end to the war and the start of peace talks,” the foreign minister said.
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Fresh survey finds majority of Hungarians reject EU sanctions
54% of the survey’s respondents completely disagreed and 17% somewhat disagreed with the European Union’s response to the war in Ukraine, its sanctions and weapons deliveries.
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FM: War in Ukraine has triggered triple energy, food security and economic crisis
Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, after a meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council, the foreign minister said the only solution to the situation is peace.