00:00We understand the EU and Ukraine have sent a team of experts to this pipeline.
00:04Could this resolve now this issue of the veto at the EU summit?
00:08Good morning, Maeve. Indeed, earlier this week, the European Commission decided to take action and try to resolve this issue.
00:15The group of experts are currently on the ground and they are expected to file a report pretty soon in
00:23order to see what does it cost and how much time it will take to repair this pipeline.
00:30But I guess this is not going to resolve the issue right now at this European summit because Prime Minister
00:35Viktor Orbán clearly said two days ago that in order to lift his veto and in order to finance Ukraine,
00:42he needs to get the oil flowing.
00:44And this, according to Ukraine, could take up to one month.
00:48So I expect a really tough summit for Viktor Orbán, a lot of fighting, but I don't think there will
00:55be a solution for this loan of Ukraine.
00:57And there is no, not a plan B, so they cannot simply bypass Hungary on this.
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