It has been revealed that the Tisza Party, by implementing Brussels’ energy policy, would abolish utility price cuts and the protected fuel price. This must not be allowed—this, too, is at stake in the April election, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto emphasized on Tuesday, in Mezotur.
Speaking at a political forum in the city, the foreign minister stressed that a document had been made public the previous day outlining that the Tisza Party intends to implement Brussels’ energy policy.
This means they want to abolish utility price cuts and eliminate the protected fuel price. If utility price cuts are scrapped, it means everyone will go home, look at their utility bill, see the amount on it, and multiply it by three. If the protected fuel price is eliminated, gasoline will cost 1,000 forints. Filling up will cost tens of thousands more, and utility bills will cost tens of thousands more,
− he warned. “They do not even dispute the authenticity of this document because it contains exactly what they have been saying all along. This is what the leader of the Tisza Party said, this is what Istvan Kapitany—delegated from Shell—said: that utility price cuts must be abolished and the protected fuel price must be scrapped. But let me repeat, this would mean triple utility bills and gasoline at 1,000 forints, resulting in tens or even hundreds of thousands of forints in additional monthly costs for families,” Mr. Szijjarto continued, adding that this must not be allowed.
– "The April 12 parliamentary election is also about whether we can protect utility price cuts and the protected fuel price,” he added. Peter Szijjarto emphasized that if the Tisza Party were to come to power, it would cut Hungary off from cheap Russian crude oil and natural gas—not because they are Russian, but because they are cheap.
And if someone wants to sell us energy at a higher price, I ask: why should we buy it at a higher price?
– “Those who shout ‘traitor,’ ‘Russian,’ and ‘spy’ have never come forward to say they would gladly pay three times as much for utilities. Let them speak up when they are ready to pay triple utility bills and, starting tomorrow, to pay 1,000 forints for gasoline,” he remarked. “Because if they are ready for that, then I say go ahead—but until then, they too benefit from the fact that we have reached agreements with both the Russians and the Americans to ensure Hungary can continue to purchase energy at low prices. As a result, Tisza supporters also pay reduced utility prices and benefit from the protected fuel price,” he added.
This Isn't The First Time We Hear About Tisza's Energy Policy Plan
Although the Tisza Party’s energy policy plan had not previously been publicly known, the proposals communicated so far by Tisza experts closely align with the document released by Balazs Csercsa. Istvan Kapitany, for example, has repeatedly stated that Hungary must be weaned off cheap Russian gas, that there should be far less government intervention and fewer special taxes, and that price caps and margin caps are unnecessary.
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