Hungary: Energy battle with Russian overtones

Lets not forget that a senior member of the Gazprom board is former German President - Gerhard Schroeder. Clearly Mol is doomed to a hostile takeover by OMV and assets being sold off to Gazprom - OMV are executing this deal well. Clearly Hungary will send a very poor signal for investers if it goes for protectionism.

I believe that it would be a pathetic signal if Hungary wouldn't be able to protect a strategic company like MOL. Investers are looking for stable markets, and an attribute of such a market is that the hostile deals can be deflected by tools of the business (and not politics). That's why it would be a very good signal for investers -and that's why the Russian market is much more risky.

Lets not forget that a senior member of the Gazprom board is former German President - Gerhard Schroeder. Clearly Mol is doomed to a hostile takeover by OMV and assets being sold off to Gazprom - OMV are executing this deal well. Clearly Hungary will send a very poor signal for investers if it goes for protectionism.

I believe that it would be a pathetic signal if Hungary wouldn't be able to protect a strategic company like MOL. Investers are looking for stable markets, and an attribute of such a market is that the hostile deals can be deflected by tools of the business (and not politics). That's why it would be a very good signal for investers -and that's why the Russian market is much more risky.