"This evening’s discussion with PM Viktor Orban was helpful to clarify issues related to sanctions and energy security," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a short Twitter post after arriving in Hungary on Monday evening to meet the Hungarian prime minister.
"We made progress, but further work is needed. I will convene a VC with regional players to strengthen regional cooperation on oil infrastructure," she added.
At the working dinner with the prime minister, the President of the European Commission was briefed on the effects and problems that the sanctions package would cause for Hungary.
"We have asked that these problems be considered," the foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó said after the meeting, adding that Hungary could not support this sanctions package unless the European Commission offered a solution to these problems. This package of sanctions is "equivalent to dropping a nuclear bomb on the Hungarian economy", according to Szijjártó.
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