Budapest has denied the information about blocking nuclear contract with Russia – RBC

nuclear power plant in Paks

Photo: REUTERS 2015

The Hungarian authorities have rejected the information that the European Union vetoed a Hungarian-Russian deal to build two nuclear reactors at the nuclear power plant in Paks, reports AFP. The fact that Brussels decided to veto the Russian-Hungarian deal earlier wrote to the newspaper The Financial Times.

«It is not true that the EU has blocked the construction of” Paks II », – said a spokesman for the head of government vergersokogo Andras Giro-Szasz. He added that the editors FT requested to correct the published article.

At the same time, according to the portal hvg.hu, a member of the European Commission from Hungary Tibor Navrachich confirmed that at a meeting last week, the European Commission approved the proposal of the Euratom and blocked nuclear deal with Russia, Hungary.

Official confirmation of this information from the EU has not yet followed.

P information about FT, decision to block the contract was made in the course of the meeting the commissioners 28 countries – EU members, held last week, with the details of the negotiations were kept secret.

Previously, the newspaper wrote that the EU can veto the deal – two commissions figured out how Russian-Hungarian message complies with the principles of a united Europe. As reported then the newspaper’s sources in Brussels, put into question both technical and financial side of the contract. In particular, the supply of nuclear fuel from Russia violates the provisions of European legislation.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has denied the allegations and accused the US intervention. According to the Prime Minister, the United States would like to take part in the construction of new nuclear power plants and the Hungarian “painful” perceived that the transaction went not to them. “They want to drag us into a conflict that we would not be good. Relations between the US and Russia take the form of the Cold War, and we do not want to take part in it “- then said Orban.

3 March 2015 the Hungarian Parliament approved a law under which 30 years will be kept secret key provisions contract with “Rosatom” for the completion of the country’s only nuclear power plant.

The contract for the construction of two new blocks of the nuclear power plant “Paks” in Hungary were signed “Rosatom” at the beginning of December. This is the only operating nuclear power plant in Hungary, which provides more than 42% of electricity generated in the country. Moscow to pay for the contract agreed to give Hungary a loan of up to € 10 billion, which will begin to repay Budapest after entering the blocks into operation.