Minister Bóka noted that the European Union’s farms cover 157 million hectares of land. If it were admitted to the EU, Ukraine’s 41 million hectares of farmland would make it the...
The prime minister said the issue of Ukraine's European Union membership could decide Hungary's future for the next 15-20 years.
János Bóka, the minister for EU affairs, said the poorer a member state is, the more it receives in European Union support.
"Hungary's fate can only be determined by Hungarians," the prime minister said.
Gergely Gulyás said the people's opinion would determine Hungary's position on the matter.
The prime minister said that EU leaders had announced that they wanted Ukraine to become a member of the EU by 2030.
The matter of the tariff war should be "left to the experts", the prime minister said, "while our attention and energy ought to be directed to Ukraine's EU membership".
The think-tank said in an article that fast-tracking Ukraine’s admission to the bloc would cost Hungarian households close to half a million forints (EUR 1,200) a year.
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.