Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is skeptical that his country will receive timely help from the EU following widespread flooding across central Europe this week.
“With all due respect, if we waited for Brussels to bail us out, we’d be up to our necks in water,” the prime minister said at his government’s Thursday morning press conference.
Hungary is the latest country to be affected by the devastating floods, which have caused at least 21 deaths in the region — although authorities in Budapest have not reported any casualties.
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Orbán announced earlier this week that he had postponed his international commitments until the floods subside, including a European Parliament debate on Hungary’s presidency of the Council.
