MADRID, 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Hungary has reported this Monday that it has proceeded to create the Ministry of Energy in an attempt to guarantee the energy security of the country in the face of the gas crisis in the plan Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The government spokesman, Gergely Guiyash, has indicated in a press conference that the situation in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia “have made energy security and the price of gas the most important issues for Hungary and Europe “.
That is why, he said, that “the government is making structural changes and has decided to create an independent ministry,” according to the MIT news agency. Thus, Csaba Lantos will head the newly created portfolio as of December 1, while the Ministry of Technology and Industry will cease to exist.
The functions carried out by said Ministry will be under the umbrella of the Ministries of Culture and Innovation, Economic Development and Investments, according to information from the newspaper ‘Nepszava’.
The Government has stressed that the new Ministry is “absolutely necessary in the current crisis” and has confirmed the resignation of Laszlo Pakovics, until now Minister of Technology, whose resignation has been accepted by the Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.
