The Tisza Party Is an Accomplice in Attempt Against Hungary

While global oil markets are bracing for an explosion in prices amid the escalating events in Iran, neighboring Ukraine continues to keep Hungary in check by halting oil deliveries. The Hungarian government has released fresh satellite imagery regarding the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline, asserting that the Ukrainian leadership has found an accomplice in Peter Magyar and the Tisza Party.

Tisza Party chief Peter Magyar and European People's Party head Manfred Weber (Photo: AFP) Fotó: ATTILA KISBENEDEK Forrás: AFP

According to the Hungarian government, Peter Magyar and the Tisza Party are actively participating in this political blackmail campaign.

We know they are working together with Zelensky, and just as they shut down the pipeline together, they can reopen it together, 

Balazs Orban, the prime minister’s political director, posted on social media.

Prime Minister Orban expressed a similar view:

Everyone also knows that President Zelensky intends to use this blockade to bring down the Hungarian government. We also know that Zelensky wants to help install a government that will serve Kyiv’s interests.

Viktor Orban pointed out.

This political blackmail comes at an especially grave moment for Hungary, as global energy markets are already facing wartime uncertainty. The Iranian conflict in the Middle East has triggered immediate price increases, with Brent crude approaching the psychological $100-per-barrel threshold after surpassing $80, while WTI crude has also jumped by nearly 8 percent.

In a situation where maritime oil transport has become uncertain due to closures tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, blocking a well-functioning overland pipeline route amounts to an attack against Hungary,

Szijjarto declared.