Hungary takes the road of stability, says Orban
19 July 2012
While most EU member states confront news of tough austerity day to day, so far Hungary's path has been one of stability, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a conference on Thursday.
Orban said Hungary was building an economic model fit for the 21st century, to which Brussels had raised several objections. But on the basis of the results so far, the European Union has conceded that Hungary's budget is under control, he added.
Addressing a conference on the government's New Szechenyi Plan, Orban said rearguard actions were always necessary and would be needed in future, too.
He said that rather than "burst bubbles", the government had worked out an action plan to protect jobs, and he expected this scheme to come under great pressure.
The prime minister said Hungarian development policy could not function if the mechanism for drawing down European Union funds does not work properly, adding that it was imperative that Hungary drawn down every last cent of EU funding.
Addressing a conference on the government's New Szechenyi Plan, he said an "nerves of steel" were needed these days to apply for EU monies, and the system it had inherited from its governing predecessor was "very complicated". But this fact did not let the government off the hook, he said. From 2013-2014 the government would establish a "a system which is fit for a human mind", he said.
Text: mti, Picture: Miniszterelnökség
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