Orbán Is Right: The Euro Would Cripple Hungary

Orbán Is Right: The Euro Would Cripple Hungary

In a recent interview with economx.hu, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made clear that his country is not going to join the euro.  His prime opponent in the upcoming election, Péter Magyar, appears open to replacing the forint with the euro. Therefore, it is easy to reduce Viktor Orbán’s reaffirmation of Hungary’s currency independence to election campaign jib-jabbing.  That would be a mistake. The prime minister’s comment about Hungary an…