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Hungary Opposes EU–Ukraine Trade Deal Over Threat to Farmers
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Hungary Opposes EU–Ukraine Trade Deal Over Threat to Farmers
Balázs Orbán, Political Director to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, issued a sharp warning Thursday on Facebook, claiming Ukraine aims to destroy Hungarian agriculture with the help of a proposed EU trade agreement. He criticized Brussels for reaching a preliminary deal with Kyiv to revise the 2016 Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), saying it would bring long-term disadvantages to Hungarian farmers rather than mutual benefits. Acc…
According to Balázs Orbán, the free trade agreement between Brussels and Ukraine would cause a brutal competitive disadvantage for Hungarian farmers. The government maintains the import ban.
Ukrainian accession will destroy our economy, the European Commission is on the wrong track, and they cannot bypass our country – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about all this in his program on Kossuth Radio, Good Morning, Hungary. He also said that families’ gas bills would increase three and a half times, and electricity bills would double if it were implemented.
According to Balázs Orbán, the free trade agreement being prepared between Brussels and Kyiv would ruin Hungarian farmers.
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