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Completely abandoning Russian energy resources is impossible — Magyar

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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar stated in interviews with Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Hungary cannot completely abandon Russian energy resources. He emphasized the need to maintain company competitiveness and expressed hope that a new Cold War will not emerge after the Ukraine conflict.

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What happened

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar considers completely abandoning Russian energy resources impossible.

Why it matters

"We will try to diversify supplies, but it is impossible to completely break away from Russian energy resources," he said in an interview with Le Monde.

Common ground

Magyar believes that after the end of the Ukraine conflict "no one will be interested in a new Cold War, including in the energy sphere." Earlier, the Hungarian prime minister said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that Hungary…

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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar stated in interviews with Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Hungary cannot completely abandon Russian energy resources. He emphasized the need to maintain company competitiveness and expressed hope that a new Cold War will not emerge after the Ukraine conflict.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “he said in an interview with Le Monde”
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A web search result explicitly mentions an interview with Le Monde on June 4, 2026, featuring Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been serving as prime minister of Hungary since May 2026. He has also been the president of the Tisza Party since 2024. M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Péter_Magyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tamás Sulyok (born 24 March 1956) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the president of Hungary since 2024. He was the president of the Constitutional Court from 2016 until 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamás_Sulyok
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Respect and Freedom Party, commonly known by its Hungarian abbreviations Tisza Party and TISZA, is a conservative, centre-right, pro-European, and populist political party in Hungary. It is curre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisza_Party
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Claim 2: “Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar considers completely abandoning Russian energy resources impossible.”
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While Wikipedia and web search results confirm that Péter Magyar became Prime Minister of Hungary in May 2026, none of the provided evidence contains a statement from him regarding the impossibility of abandoning Russian energy resources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország miniszterelnöke, lit. 'minister-president of Hungary') is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the Cabinet are collectively …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been serving as prime minister of Hungary since May 2026. He has also been the president of the Tisza Party since 2024. M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Péter_Magyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Magyar Government or TISZA Government is the current Government of Hungary following the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, with Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar as its prime minister. Magyar a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_Government
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Claim 3: “the Hungarian prime minister said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that Hungary remains dependent on supplies of Russian oil”
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The evidence shows that the claim of discussing Russian oil dependence in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is attributed to Viktor Orbán (or Boris Pistorius in the case of the FAZ interview), not Péter Magyar. The provided search results for FAZ mention German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and the Russian oil dependence claims are linked to Viktor Orbán.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Viktor Mihály Orbán (born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of Hungary from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2026. He has also been the president of Fides…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orbán
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miklós Németh (born 24 January 1948) is a retired Hungarian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 24 November 1988 to 23 May 1990. He was one of the leaders of the Soci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miklós_Németh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austro-Hungarian b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-European_Picnic
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