Brussels is concerned about Ukraine, not Hungary, and not about the Hungarian people, Communications Director of Fidesz–KDNP Tamás Menczer said on Friday.
According to Director Menczer, Ursula von der Leyen is not leading a European Commission, but rather a “Ukrainian Commission.”
He emphasized that Hungary and Slovakia are member states of the European Union, while Ukraine is not.
Director Menczer wrote that Ukraine, by halting oil deliveries through the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline on a political basis, is jeopardizing Hungary’s energy security. Under the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement, Ukraine has no right to take such action, he said, yet President Volodymyr Zelensky is doing so nonetheless.
He described the move as an openly hostile step against Hungary and as open interference in Hungary’s election campaign.
Director Menczer further claimed that in Munich an agreement had been reached with Péter Magyar to suspend deliveries, and that the Tisza Party had accepted and supported this decision.
“The formula is clear,” he wrote. Without affordable Russian oil, fuel prices would rise to 1,000 forints per liter. He added that after affordable Russian oil, MOL pays a windfall profit tax, which has amounted to 500 billion forints over the past four years. According to him, this revenue has been used by the government to protect the utility price reduction scheme.
“Without affordable Russian energy, there is no utility price reduction,” Director Menczer summarized.
He stated that the Orbán government will fend off the attacks and take countermeasures.
“The stake of the April election is whether we continue on a sovereign Hungarian path or surrender Hungary to the Brussels–Berlin–Kyiv axis and a Tisza puppet government. Only Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are the safe choice,” Director Menczer wrote.
