Hungary FM: Brussels Is Plotting Massive Fraud Scheme

The European Union is preparing to commit a major act of fraud. Hungary will take the matter to the European Union Court of Justice if Brussels forces through its regulation aimed at cutting member states off from Russian energy supplies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Photo: NurPhoto via AFP)

"Hungary will turn to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) if Brussels pushes through the rules on phasing out Russian energy sources," Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed.

According to FM Peter Szijjarto, Hungary will appeal to the EU Court of Justice over the planned regulation, which he claims is fraudulent (Photo: Anadolu via AFP)

This is a colossal act of fraud. Their true intentions are more than glaringly obvious," Szijjarto said. “Of course we will take the case to the European Court if the EU forces through a regulation banning the purchase of Russian energy, because this regulation was crafted through fraudulent means,

Hungary's Foreign Minister said.

In substance, the measure amounts to a sanctions action, since it bans the use of Russian energy. And sanctions," he noted, "can only be adopted by a unanimous vote. In blatant violation of European rules, they are disguising this as a trade-policy measure so they can pass it with a qualified majority,” he said. FM Szijjarto also added that the EU’s founding treaties clearly state that decisions affecting a member state’s energy supply fall strictly under national authority. “Period. And this regulation would represent a gross violation of that rule,

Peter Szijjarto warned.

Cover photo: Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Photo: NurPhoto via AFP)