Britain's decision to leave the European Union was a brave one that demonstrated the country's 'greatness' but it is not a path that Hungary will follow, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
BRUSSELS - Britain’s decision to leave the European Union was a brave one that demonstrated the country’s “greatness” but it is not a path that Hungary will follow, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
Orban told Reuters in an interview in Brussels that the EU only had itself to blame for the British referendum vote in 2016 to leave the bloc because of the way it had treated the country. The vote for leave had safeguarded the “the good reputation” of the British people, he said. Britain left the EU at the end of January, and it has been in difficult negotiations since then to agree on a new trade relationship with the 27-nation bloc that will kick in when a standstill transition ends on Dec. 31.
“We can’t afford to follow that track,” he said. “It’s reasonable for Hungary to be part of the European Union.”
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