Our country's economy increased its performance despite the protracted war: it grew by 6.5 percent in the second quarter, which is more than one and a half times the EU average, Finance Minister Mihály Varga wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday.
The table attached to the post shows that the Hungarian GDP figure is the third best at the EU level, followed by Slovenia and Portugal with 8.3 percent and 6.9 percent respectively. Hungary is followed on the list by Spain and Cyprus with 6.3 and 6.1 percent, respectively; the driving forces are Slovakia and Germany with 1.6 and 1.5 percent, respectively.
The head of the ministry also touched on the fact that, due to the war crisis, the economic prospects in the whole of Europe are becoming more and more unfavorable. "The goal is to maintain the stability and growth of the Hungarian economy even in the deteriorating environment," stated Mihály Varga.
Source: Origo
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