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Viktor Orban (l) and Jose Manuel Barroso - Hungary's domestic blame game was not appreciated in Brussels (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Hungary's risky blame game

After provoking panic in financial markets by sending alarming messages about the state of Hungary's finance's in the last weeks, the new Fidesz government is now speaking of a "consolidated situation" in a new report on the state of the Hungarian economy.

Since the center-conservative Fidesz won the Hungarian parliamentary elections in April, the party warned that the public deficit in 2010 could be much higher than expected - up to 7.5 percent of GDP, instead of the 3.8 percent announ...

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Viktor Orban (l) and Jose Manuel Barroso - Hungary's domestic blame game was not appreciated in Brussels (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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