Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday, July 13, convened an extraordinary meeting of the government to discuss the “European energy crisis”, as a result of which a decision was made to declare an emergency.
The corresponding decision was announced by the head of the administration of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Gergely Guiyash. According to him, the country's gas storage facilities are less than half full – 44%, which is enough for a quarter of the year.
This is reported by the Hungarian edition of HVG.
As explained by the Hungarian government, The purpose of the introduction of the emergency is “to prepare for an energy crisis, strengthen energy security and protect against a decrease in utilities against the backdrop of further rising energy prices.” To this end, the country's government has adopted a seven-point plan, which will come into force from August.
It assumes that:
Despite the decisions taken, the government is preparing for possible emergency shutdowns.
Recall that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary noted that in the coming years Hungary will not be able to abandon Russian energy sources and find a replacement for them. We are talking, in particular, about oil and gas.
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