Hungary's Orban says EU plan to ban Russian energy imports must be prevented
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Hungary's Prime Minister Orban opposes the EU's plan to ban Russian energy imports, citing dependency concerns. The EU aims to phase out these imports by 2027.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union's plan to ban Russian energy imports must be prevented, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday in an interview on state radio.
The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, the body said earlier in May. Member states Slovakia and Hungary, which rely on Russian oil and gas supplies, have opposed the proposed ban.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Anita Komuves; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
Viktor Orban stated that the European Union's plan to ban Russian energy imports must be prevented.
The European Commission will propose legal measures to phase out imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027.
The EU plans to phase out imports of Russian energy by the end of 2027, as stated by the European Commission.
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