Orbán Warns of "Critical" Days as Paks Nuclear Shutdown Looms

⚡ BUDAPEST — Paks is already going offline Sunday. Orbán calling it "critical" means something worse is priced in. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Paks covering ~50% of Hungary's baseload, Sunday's shutdown forces imports at Hormuz-inflated spot rates. Orbán's public "critical" framing signals fiscal exposure he can't absorb quietly. That pressure lands directly on his EU defiance posture — Brussels gains leverage exactly when Hungary's energy self-sufficiency argument collapses.