Hungary's New Government Moves to Enact US Nuclear Deal as Foreign Minister Signs Energy Memorandum in Washington
Hungary's government on October 29 submitted to parliament the enactment of the intergovernmental agreement on civil nuclear cooperation between the United States and Hungary, Reuters reported the same day. The agreement was signed on February 16 this year during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Budapest.
The same day, Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán and Rubio signed a further memorandum of understanding on energy infrastructure in Washington. The memorandum was concluded under the "Trump Peace Pipeline" framework, launched on April 28 at the Three Seas Initiative summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The two sides also signed a law-enforcement cooperation memorandum that day.
The centrepiece of the nuclear cooperation is the expansion of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant. A final Hungarian decision is expected in late 2026 to early 2027.
The ruling party holds a two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament, so the votes needed to enact the agreement are not in doubt. Advancing the US nuclear deal is a concrete step by Hungary's new government to continue its predecessor's line of energy cooperation with the United States.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于布达佩斯的匈牙利国会大厦。摄影 Balon Greyjoy，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest. Photo by Balon Greyjoy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
