Hungary Prepares Legal Challenge Against EU Plan To Phase Out Russian Energy

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefBUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Hungary’s government under longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is preparing a legal challenge against the European Union’s decision to accelerate the phase-out of Russian oil and natural gas imports, the country’s foreign minister has confirmed.Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó argues that Hungary, as a landlocked country, “cannot be forced” to halt energy supplies from Russia, calling the EU measure “extremely harmf