Prime Minister at Friends of Cohesion meeting in Bratislava
5 October 2012
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took part in a meeting of the Friends of Cohesion in Bratislava. The representatives of 15 EU Member States agreed on a declaration in support of a Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal that leaves Cohesion Funds untouched.
Following the adoption of the declaration, Prime Minister Orbán stated that "The EU has arrived at a very sensitive and important phase, as the budget for the next 7 years will be decided in the near future. As a result, competition between the representatives of differing standpoints is intensifying". "The debate is about how Europe and the countries that form the Union may be dragged one-by-one out of the crisis Europe is currently suffering from", he added.
To ensure that the proposal supported by the Friends of Cohesion will be adopted by the EU, he said, the support of net contributor countries is also required, the acquisition of which will be a complicated process. He stated that we have to seek negotiation and consensus, stating however that the cohesion group has declared that there are some unacceptable conditions.
Prime Minister Orbán highlighted that the other Member States may be convinced by arguments based on experience, pointing out that the EU's most successful undertaking to date has been the joint economic development program, since in addition to the projects realised it has created several million jobs. “Our strongest argument and greatest ally is reality” – he added, stating that within the next one-and-a-half months, serious results may be achieved.
Text: Prime Minister’s Office, Photographer: mti/László Beliczay
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