The European Commission has called on Hungary to end its discriminatory fuel pricing policy. As reported, the Brussels authorities are currently investigating whether the government in Budapest is violating EU law with its price cap, which only applies to vehicles registered in Hungary.
The discriminatory measure must be stopped until it is certain that it does not violate EU law, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote in a letter from the EU commission, which was available to Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Hungary must explain how the pricing policy is justified and how long the measures that may violate EU rules will last.
It is also mentioned that Brussels reserves the right to take legal action against Hungary. The government in Budapest recently presented a law requiring vehicles with foreign number plates to pay market prices at petrol stations. The subsidized price of the equivalent of 1.22 euros applies to vehicles registered in Hungary.
State of emergency in Hungary extended until November
Incidentally, the new fuel price regulation came about in the course of the state of emergency declared because of the war in Ukraine. This has been extended on Wednesday until November 1. In a state of emergency, the government can rule by decree or suspend the application of certain laws. Prime Minister Viktor Orban justified the state of emergency declared on May 24 by saying it would give the government the opportunity to respond immediately and protect Hungary and Hungarian families by all means.
Source: Krone
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