Government launches info campaign on upcoming referendum on Ukraine’s EU admission
Balázs Hidvéghi said Brussels wanted the people to "pay the price of Ukraine's forced EU membership".
Balázs Hidvéghi said Brussels wanted the people to "pay the price of Ukraine's forced EU membership".
A new poll from the Nézőpont Institute has revealed that 67 percent of Hungarian voters oppose Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, while only 27 percent support it.
"Hungary doesn't want to be dragged into the war. So we must maintain our sovereignty," Minister Szijjártó said.
Brussels is forcing a huge joint borrowing, meaning that Hungary would jointly become indebted due to Ukraine's accelerated accession.
Manfred Weber and Ursula von der Leyen want to bring Ukraine into the European Union, and very quickly, Tamás Menczer said. This entails many dangers, he added.
Voters are being given an opportunity to express their views on the subject thanks to the government's referendum, Tamás Menczer noted.
The prime minister said Hungarians will get the chance to vote in a referendum on Ukraine’s EU accession from April to June.
"We will not go along with the creation of a common European position that Hungary is a part of if it is pro-war," PM Orbán said.
"It is our firm belief that the EU member states have an inalienable right to decide which other states to allow into the community of European countries," Balázs Orbán said in Brussels.
The public opinion poll initiated by the Hungarian government "is especially justified in the light of efforts to speed up the accession process" of Ukraine, János Bóka said.
János Bóka said the declaration was contrary to Hungary's position and the national interest in several strategic respects.
Gergely Gulyás said the referendum on Ukraine's membership will contain a single question.
The prime minister said that "the Brussels plan" to allow its EU membership would ruin Europe's economy.