With a key deadline set to expire next week, Viktor Orbán and his deputies have raised the spectre of vetoing EU sanctions against Russia, a move which would upend the bloc's foreign policy.
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00:00Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has raised fears of a potential veto from Hungary
00:07as the EU prepares to renew sanctions on Moscow in the coming week.
00:12Speaking on state radio, Orban said Ukraine's decision to stop the transit of Russian gas
00:17into Central Europe has forced Hungary to turn to other routes, raising energy prices.
00:24He wants the EU to intervene, claiming EU sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine
00:29had cost Hungary 19 billion euros.
01:00Orban has long been a vocal opponent of EU sanctions against Moscow, though he has ultimately
01:06always voted for them.
01:09But following the inauguration of US President Donald Trump last week, Orban has publicly
01:13demanded an end to sanctions, raising the possibility that he would veto the newest
01:18round which would be decided by 31 January.