Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Ukraine's accession to the European Union would not be "a good deal", adding that Ukraine would not add value to the bloc but bankrupt it.
Reacting to comments made by European People's Party leader Manfred Weber at a press conference today, PM Orbán said that Hungary had been admitted to the EU because this had benefited its members. "It was a good deal -- for Germany too, Herr Weber," the prime minister wrote in a post on Facebook.
PM Orbán said that Ukraine's accession, in contrast, would not be "a good deal".
He added: "Sending Ukraine European money instead of using it to boost Europe's ailing economy would be a huge mistake. It's time European leaders represented the European people, Herr Weber!"