Hungary's future finance chief signals euro delay

Hungary's future finance minister signalled on Thursday 8 January that the country's 2008 target for joining the eurozone may have to be delayed, a day after poor deficit data forced his predecessor's resignation.

Cabinet chief Tibor Draskovics, appointed on Wednesday 7 January by Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy to take the key finance post, told news agency MTI that the country's plan to meet European Union rules for membership in the eurozone needed revision.

Speaking less than four months

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.