“We want to displace all Russian gas. President Trump, America, and all the nations of the EU, we want to end the Russian-Ukraine war,” said Wright. “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us. So the answer to your question is absolutely.”
At the same time, Wright called for European countries to find alternatives to Russian atomic power, saying “we want to see nuclear technology coming from the United States or within the EU itself.”
On Thursday, the EU’s top court ruled that the Commission was wrong to have allowed Hungary to give state aid to fund a major expansion of its nuclear power facilities with `Russian support. The Court of Justice said that officials should have determined whether construction of the Paks II plant, in partnership with Russian state firm Rosatom, breached procurement rules.
Hungary’s populist prime minister and Trump ally, Viktor Orbán, has long campaigned in favor of the Paks II project — and against EU sanctions on Russia, including a plan from Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen to phase out all imports of gas from the country by 2027.