RT: ‘South Stream cancelation bad news for C. European countries that need cheap energy'

The abolishment of the South Stream gas project will negatively affect countries which need cheap energy, such as Hungary, Anna Van Densky, a political commentator for EU Reporter Magazine, told RT ahead of the Central Europe summit in Prague.

The presidents of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, and Slovenia are meeting this week for the summit. The meeting will focus on ways to upgrade transport integration in Central Europe. It is the first time that Austria and Slovenia are taking part in the summit, which is being hosted by the Czech Republic.

RT: The media has announced a Czech-Poland food war after the Czech Republic tightened control over Polish products. How serious is this?

Anna Van Densky: It is very serious because the sanctions against Russia are hitting Easter European economies hard. Previously they could sell to Russia, but now they have to conquer the new market. So they have to try to sell on [the] interior market in the EU; this is [the] first thing. The second thing is a geopolitical element. Some of the countries like Hungary, Mr. [Viktor] Orban, the prime minister, is becoming intensely and fiercely independent from Brussels. So the summit is very interesting and unfortunately it is very problematic because the news of the South Stream cancelation is very bad news for these countries – they need cheap energy, and it will not come.  MORE