Go to the media bankFrench President Emmanuel Macron. File photoBUDAPEST, Oct 22The head of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gouyash, ironically welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's recognition that American gas in the United States is much cheaper than in Europe, recalling that representatives of the Hungarian government have repeatedly noted this fact. Earlier, Macron criticized the United States for double standards in the approach to setting the price of gas, which is much cheaper in their market than in Europe.France will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty» We can welcome the statement (of the President of France) with the words «Good morning!» We have said many times over the past months, it seems that there is no member of the government left who would not say that our problem is not only that prices are very high, and the domestic sector of the Hungarian industry has to cope with this, but also in the fact that we compete on the global world market with such enterprises that receive raw materials four to five to six times cheaper, for example, in the USA. we welcome recognition, we do not think that we need to challenge copyrights in this matter, but Europe should continue its policy in accordance with this,» Gouyash said at a government briefing. Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Europe loses by refusing Russian energy in the benefit of the American ones, since she has to overpay for them by 5-10 times. According to him, Europe should ask «American friends» questions about who wins in this situation. Hungarian Parliament Speaker Laszlo Kever said earlier that the EU can already be called the loser in the Ukrainian crisis, as it acts contrary to its own economic interests.
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