“EU action is needed where it is guaranteed to produce added value and is more efficient than action at a national level,” she said on the strategic document currently being prepared. Strategic plans focus on economic growth and job creation, she said. Energy policy and climate policy are also areas where the usefulness of joint action has been identified, she added.

“We accept that economic policy coordination is unavoidable within the euro zone but we would like to see real distinction between measures that affect the euro zone and those that affect non euro zone countries,” she said. Hungary has never debated common objectives but always called for more maneuvering space in crisis management, she added.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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