Making the comment in reply to a question after he delivered a speech at the annual meeting of Hungarian ambassadors abroad at the Foreign Ministry, he said this is not likely in the next decade.

Orbán stressed that a successful eurozone is in Hungary’s interest, as the country’s economy is bound by many threads to the eurozone.

However, he said there would be no economic growth in the EU if Central Europe was not part of the EU.

Regarding a free trade agreement to be concluded by the EU and the US, Orbán said a commission has been formed to ascertain whether such an agreement would affect sectors of the Hungarian economy.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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