Overview
- Speaking at a Feb. 7 rally in Szombathely, Viktor Orbán said Kyiv pressures Brussels to cut Hungary off cheap Russian oil and gas.
- He warned household costs would rise at least 8% annually and estimated families could pay an extra 1 million forints a year without low regulated prices.
- Hungary filed a lawsuit on Feb. 2 at the EU Court of Justice challenging REPowerEU rules on Russian gas as the bloc targets a 2027 phaseout.
- Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Hungary in 2025 imported more than 8.5 million tons of Russian oil and over 7 billion cubic meters of gas via Druzhba and TurkStream.
- Orbán said Ukraine should not join the EU, and Ukraine’s foreign minister publicly criticized him, signaling a further deterioration in relations.