Hungary is currently third or fourth in the EU in this respect, but aims to be first in 12-18 months, he told reporters after talks in Budapest with European Economic and Social Committee president Henri Malosse.

“We must become a manufacturing centre, for which re-industrialisation is necessary. Jobs, economic growth, foreign investments and competitiveness will follow from that,” Orbán declared.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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