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Orban: Hungary follows Germany’s lead on Ukraine
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Munich, November 6 (MTI) – Hungary follows Germany’s guideline on the issue of Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Munich on Thursday, after meeting the prime minister of Bavaria.
At a joint press conference held with Horst Seehofer, Orban assured him that Hungary shares Germany’s standpoint on European issues, be it budgetary discipline, euro stabilisation or disciplined stewardship of the finances.
On foreign policy, he said: “It has become obvious to be that Hungary is doing the right thing if it takes Germany as its guide … including when it comes to the Ukraine-Russia crisis and sanctions against Russia.”
Seehofer said that Bavaria and Hungary not only engage in close economic cooperation but they are also “in full agreement” on “basic European values”, including democracy, the right of self-determination and minority rights.
Bavarians and Hungarians subscribe to the notion of subsidiarity and the concept of “a Europe of regions,” he said, adding that it is the two sides’ shared belief that the EU should focus more of its attention on “the bigger issues of the world” rather than dealing with minor ones.
Orban described Hungarian-Bavarian relations as very close and Bavaria “a place where Hungarians are understood.”