Hungary Laments Boycott After EU Finance Chiefs Avoid Budapest
- Varga says member states represented at meeting on Friday
- Hungarian minister says IMF chief gave reasonable explanation
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Hungary doubled down on its vitriol against the European Union after a meeting of finance chiefs in its capital that saw major players stay away.
“We already talked about the creative ideas brought up in the EU in order to obstruct the Hungarian presidency,” Finance Minister Mihaly Varga told reporters on Friday. “Despite the idea of the boycott, all members represented themselves and the central banks of almost all member states were also represented at a high level.”