LMP co-leader, EU commissioner debate future of Hungary, EU at Ecopolis Summer Academy

Budapest (MTI) – LMP co-leader Bernadett Szél and European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics discussed the future of Hungary and the EU at a panel discussion at the fourth Ecopolis Summer Academy in Felsőtarkány, in northern Hungary.

In their debate held at the event on Saturday evening, the topic of Hungary’s exit from the European Union was also addressed.

Szél said even the possibility that Hungary could quit the bloc would be “tragic”, adding that bringing up the subject at all is “a huge irresponsibility in these times”. Hungary has been striving to be a part of European integration for a millennium, she added.

Navracsics expressed doubt that the question of Hungary leaving the EU would ever seriously be discussed in Hungarian politics, but declared, at the same time, that he would gladly vote for the country to remain in the bloc. “There is a need for debates, but it is obvious that Hungary has a place in the EU,” Navracsics said.

On the topic of Brexit, Navracsics said that in the British referendum, national and EU identity were pitted against each other.