Hungarians may vote on EU in March

The plan for co-ordinated EU referenda among Visegrad group countries – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, becomes more and more likely as the Hungarian government opts for 15 March as the date for a national poll. However, the opposition Fidesz party finds the date unacceptable.

The government expects that the legal conditions for the March 15 2003 referendum on Hungary's European Union accession will be established in amendments to the Constitution, government spokesman...