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Hungarian oil import in danger? Poland proposes fresh EU sanctions against Russia
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Earlier this month Poland presented a proposal for a new range of sanctions against Russia. According to the new EU sanctions, shipments arriving via the Druzhba crude oil pipeline would also be affected. This could have a serious impact on Hungarian crude oil imports.
Proposal for new EU sanctions against Russia
Poland’s newly designed proposal includes a ban on pipeline oil and diamond imports, reports Reuters. In addition, they would roll out restrictions against Rosatom. The written proposal, which a diplomatic source claimed was handed over to the EU’s executive European Commission, could determine further sanction negotiations between the 27 countries. In order to impose the new sanctions, every Member State must agree. This is not the first set of sanctions the EU introduced to immobilise Russia. The bloc has already launched ten rounds of punitive measures against Russia since Moscow fully invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Hungary has regularly vetoed the sanctions, therefore, the country is expected to object to them, again.
Warsaw’s proposal would cease Russian crude oil imports to Drus
If the Polish proposal goes through, no crude oil will arrive in Drus through the Druzhba crude oil pipeline. However, this sanction could also threaten Hungary’s crude oil imports. In theory, Hungarians can use their veto power in the case of the Friendship oil pipeline and if Hungarian shipments are affected, which have been exempted for the time being until 2024.
It appears Poland somehow recalls 1939 – when the Germans marched in and they were hung out to dry, the world preserving “peace” through not supplying the Poles with the resources and support required to defend themselves.
We obviously circumvented the issue by joining the Axis powers instead of fighting them.