Brutal inflation, energy shortage can bring Europe to its knees: Hungarian premier

11,000 sanctions against Russia are in effect and if EU does not change its policy difficulties will worsen, says Orban

By Mehmet Yilmaz

BUDAPEST (AA) – The Hungarian prime minister said on Thursday that the European Union (EU) sanction policy is not working, instead causing brutal inflation and energy shortage that could bring Europe to its knees.

Viktor Orban said in a statement that the EU's sanctions policy against Russia has so far been ineffective and that he fears an energy shortage in Europe if the EU continues to sanction Moscow over the Ukraine war.

Some 11,000 sanctions against Russia are in effect, he said, warning that if the EU does not change its strategy, the difficulties will worsen.

He said the war is still continuing and that efforts to weaken Russia have been unsuccessful.

He did, however, ensure that there will be no energy shortage in Hungary because the country has enough natural gas and electricity.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar

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