Europeans Convinced Ukraine's Accession to EU to Become 'Unsolvable Challenge' – Orban
There is a growing opinion among Europeans that Ukraine's accession to the European Union will be an unsolvable challenge for the community, but the big question is how much their position affects the policymakers of their countries, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
"The Conservative Political Action Conference [CPAC] is taking place in Hungary yesterday and today. I have spoken to many people, from France to Italy and Poland, and I see that in Europe, in the world, I mean, among the people, there is a belief that the accession of Ukraine [to the EU] will lead to an unsolvable challenge for Europe," Orban told Kossuth radio.
Orban warned that Ukraine's membership in the EU would amount to a "financial tragedy, an economic suicide."
"It is undoubtedly possible to find elements that will temporarily create orders for European companies, but in general, Ukraine's accession would have economic consequences destructive to the European economy, primarily to us [Hungary], and not only us, but also neighboring countries, from Poles to Romanians," he said.
