The free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American Common Market (Mercosur) will not be ratified in Hungary as long as the current government is in office, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, APA reports, citing TASS.
"It's clear that as long as Hungary has a national government, we will never approve the agreement with Mercosur," Orban said in a video address broadcast by M1.
He noted that the European Commission, which concluded the agreement with Mercosur in Paraguay on January 17, had tried to cheat by introducing additional rules that would allow the agreement to enter into force before it was approved by the EU parliaments.
"That's why the farmers are outraged. It's not just about the economic problems with Mercosur, not just about the future of agriculture, but also about how they [EU leaders] deceived farmers by bypassing national parliaments and making decisions that are detrimental to farmers," Orban said.
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