Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Ukraine’s accession to the European Union would ruin Hungary’s economy.
"Leaders in Brussels aim to integrate the neighbouring country as a member state within the next one to two years," PM Orbán told a regular interview with Kossuth radio’s morning program.
"Every member state, except Hungary, supports continuing the war because there is still a pro-war majority ruling in Brussels," PM Orbán said, adding that "European leaders have decided that Ukraine must continue fighting the war and will in turn receive a fast-track membership.
"But this will ruin us," he said and emphasised that the consequences of neighbouring Ukraine’s accession are "far more obvious, direct and fast".
Under the EU’s basic charter, the integration of a state as a new member must be approved by all member states, the prime minister said, adding that for this reason, "Hungary has a decisive role" in the matter.