Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with public radio on Friday that a National Consultation surveying Hungarians on issues related to the economy will allow the foundations of a new economic policy to be laid.
PM Orbán said Hungary needed to pursue its own economic policy and augured "amazing" macroeconomic data in the first quarter of 2025. He added that the government's 21-point action plan would give new impetus to the economy.
PM Orbán said Europe could not or did not want to adapt to the changing world, but Hungary, which could adapt quickly, had adopted a policy of economic neutrality that would put it ahead in the race if that policy was affirmed in the National Consultation.
He acknowledged that a new economic policy came with difficulties, some risk and much work, and said digging in would require Hungarians' support for pursuing a policy that was particular to the country's own needs.