Orbán: Unthinkable that Ukraine could join the EU

The prime minister said it was unclear “how we could staunch crime” that would “flow into Hungary” as a result.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said it is “unthinkable” that Ukraine could join the EU.

Speaking ahead of next week’s EU summit in Brussels on public radio on Friday., the prime minister said he could not “give a single argument” from the point of view of Hungarian interests to justify Ukraine joining the bloc, “and I can provide lots of arguments against Ukraine’s accession”, which he said would “ruin us” in terms of domestic agriculture and the Hungarian economy as a whole.

Also, he said it was unclear “how we could staunch crime” that would “flow into Hungary” as a result.