July 14 () –
Klara Dovrev, representative of the Democratic Coalition, an opposition party in Hungary, has pointed out that the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “has failed politically” after the Executive declared an energy emergency and announced limited gas and electricity prices at the level of average household consumption.
“Abandoning the reduction of public services could mean tens of thousands of additional weeks for most families. Tens of thousands of Hungarian families will be faced with the fact that they have no money to pay for public services,” he stressed, as as has been collected by the Index news portal.
The Minister spokesman for the Executive, Gergely Gulyas, has announced a seven-point action plan that will come into force in August to alleviate the consequences of the energy crisis. Among the measures, there is a ban on exporting energy goods, as well as firewood; the increase in domestic lignite production by the end of the year or the acquisition of additional gas supplies.
The Executive has also highlighted in a statement on its official website that “those who consume above the average level of energy consumption must pay the market price for their additional consumption”, which, in practice, will not affect either three quarters of households, have defended.
Thus, Gulyas has justified these initiatives due to the current situation and the possibility that there is not enough supply for the autumn and winter season. “In practice, an energy crisis has developed in a significant part of Europe,” the Hungarian government said.
The Government commissioner in charge of maintaining the reduction of services, Szilárd Németh, has announced, on the other hand, that large families currently have a reduced consumption limit, which will be maintained in the future.
The Hungarian government has also indicated that Hungary will increase domestic gas production from 1,500 million to 2,000 million cubic meters in an attempt to tackle the serious energy crisis unleashed in the country as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“The Government has an emergency plan in case gas does not arrive in Hungary, but at this time the country’s gas supply is continuous,” Gulyas stressed at a press conference, as reported by the newspaper ‘Magyar Hirlap ‘.
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