Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with public radio on Friday that Hungary has been able to withstand the pressure Brussels bureaucrats are putting on member states thanks to its "rock solid" government commanding a large majority.

Regarding Ukraine's European Union membership, PM Orbán said more than 30,000 bureaucrats were "milling around and organising" in the background, "and this is an enormous force. He said the bureaucrats were putting member states under pressure to allow the launch of Ukraine accession talks.

"This pressure is hard to resist, and most European governments are fragile. Hungary is standing firm because the people created an extremely stable government in the 2022 elections, with a two-thirds majority and no pressure to form a coalition. Most European countries have coalitions, which makes it hard to take a united stand," he said.

He said a stable government was "currently Hungary's greatest advantage in the international competition".

PM Orbán welcomed Karol Nawrocki's win at the Polish presidential elections as a "fantastic result from Hungary's viewpoint ... that continues the march of patriots". "In other words, the Washington express has just arrived in Warsaw," he said.