Agreed. There is a contradiction between bigger EU cohesion funding, which requires co-financing from national government, and the requirement for austerity to achieve euro adoption
Also austerity probably doesn’t help re-election chances in 2030
So more likely Hungary gets Euro by 2033 or 2034
Charlie Robertson
Hungary could be in the euro in a decade if Tisza wins this weekend, and the Maastricht criteria shouldn't be too difficult, BofA reckons:
