Hungarian government declares state of energy emergency

STORY: Hungarian government declares state of energy emergency DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Budapest 2. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian): GERGELY GULYAS, Hungarian Minister of the Prime Minister's Office 3. various of gas turned on in a flat STORYLINE: The Hungarian government declared a state of energy emergency and adopted a 7-point plan on energy security, with a special focus on the supply security of Hungarian families, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, told a press conference on Wednesday. The measures will take effect on August 1. Gulyas blamed the prolonged conflict in Ukraine and the European Union's sanctions against Russia for the steep rise in energy prices in Europe, culminating now in what he called an energy crisis. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian): GERGELY GULYAS, Hungarian Minister of the Prime Minister's Office "Due to the protracted conflict and Brussels's sanctions, energy prices are rising dramatica