Hungary expects the European Commission and Ukraine to fulfill their security obligations regarding the safety of the Druzhba oil pipeline, head of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's office Gergely Gulyas said on Monday.
But it could make itself less dependent on Russian oil. Many western countries chose to go through an expensive and painful transition to move away from Russian gas. These are choices Hungary could also make but refuses to do. So it’s only as dependent as it wishes to be and it clearly wishes to be a lot.
Hungary is much poorer than many other European countries. While Germany can make their citizens pay more for heating, Hungary can not. I mean, if you had just a dollar in your pocket, would you still boycott the dollar store?
How is it in Hungary’s interest to support Russia?
Hungary is very dependent on Russian oil. Cutting it off means economic disaster.
But it could make itself less dependent on Russian oil. Many western countries chose to go through an expensive and painful transition to move away from Russian gas. These are choices Hungary could also make but refuses to do. So it’s only as dependent as it wishes to be and it clearly wishes to be a lot.
Hungary is much poorer than many other European countries. While Germany can make their citizens pay more for heating, Hungary can not. I mean, if you had just a dollar in your pocket, would you still boycott the dollar store?
If the dollar store invaded other countries for territorial gain, then yes I would expect you to boycott the dollar store.
Have EU boycotted USA after invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan?
It would just trade one dependency for another, and Russia has very little ability to influence Hungary, compared to USA.