Hungarian President: Energy independence is Europe’s chief aim

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Securing Europe’s energy independence and peace on the continent are urgent aims, President Katalin Novák said on Thursday after a meeting of the Arraiolos Group in Malta. Also, work must be done to preserve the clout of the bloc and the western system of alliances on the world stage, she added.

Novák told a press conference that Hungary supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as bringing war criminals to justice before an international court. Further, the war must be brought to an end as quickly as possible, she added at the informal meeting of the heads of European Union member states.

She said participants condemned all activities that threaten the infrastructure of any European Union member state, especially the energy network.

Katalin Novák, Malta
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Sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines is cause for particular concern, Novák said, and she called for an effective and exhaustive investigation with the aim of preventing any similar attack in the future. Novák said steps must be taken to bring the war to an end, and even if the countries failed to agree on how to achieve this, there were several proposals on which they could reach a consensus.

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  1. Well, could Orban Victor make a speach like this clear and unwavering about what the goverment wants to do as the people did not vote in the president of Hungary and she has no power in making laws for the country and she just signs regulations and laws into power or am I mistaken to assume such things.so a nice speach she gave but holds no mustard regarding what this goverment intends to do at the end of the day.

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