Sanctions against Russia and the question whether to join the eurozone are among the important issues the Hungarian foreign policy will soon face, Hungarian Prime Minister said.
“We do not have an interest in Hungary being pulled into an international anti-Russian coalition because of Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said at the conference of the ambassadors, noting that the sanctions against Russia will not be automatically extended at the end of the first half of this year. At the same time, it is in Hungary’s interest that “we should not have a common border with Russia,” he said, commenting on prospects for Ukraine becoming a constitutional state with a western-like economic structure.
On the issue of whether Hungary would eventually adopt the euro, he said the decision would hinge on whether the nation was unified on the question. At stake, he added, is the country’s ability to pursue its own sovereign economic policies. Orban pointed out that the vote of a two-thirds majority of lawmakers would be needed to adopt the single currency. “This means that if the issue comes up concerning whether Hungary should join the euro zone or continue to pursue its independent economic policies and stay on the outside ... a decision should be made based on national unity,” he said.
