In the week that EU leaders agreed on a sixth round of sanctions against Russia, Polish Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Pawel Jablonski speaks to FRANCE 24 about the effect he hopes the measures will have on the Russian economy, his disappointment at the Hungarian government's stance regarding sanctions and the latest developments in Poland's rule of law dispute with the European Commission.
Hungary receives all its Russian oil by pipeline and insists that cutting off this supply would ruin the Hungarian economy. Asked about Hungary's exemption from the oil embargo, Jablonski says: "Right now we believe that Hungarian policy is detrimental to the security of Europe. We will continue our work to do everything at our disposal to change this flawed policy. This is a continuous process and obviously this applies also to other countries which are continuing their deals with Russia, in the gas market for example."
