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3/19/07

Hungary: EU's Pipeline Dream Threatened

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"Hungary: EU's Pipeline Dream Threatened

March 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union craves energy, but not to the extent that it wants to see members break rank to secure it.

And that is exactly what Hungary is being accused of doing.

The controversy centers on the Hungarian government's mid-March announcement that it had agreed to a Russian proposal to extend the Blue Stream pipeline. Under the arrangement, Russian natural gas would reach Hungary via Turkey and the Balkans. "

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