Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that without a reduction in energy prices and the establishment of a unified capital market that can keep investment money in Europe, the European Union "has had it".

During an interview with public radio on Friday, PM Orbán warned that the European Union's "days are numbered" if the Germans and the French don't put the EU on a new path.

The prime minister said high energy prices, which he blamed on European regulation, had put European families in a bad spot, but an even bigger problem would be the ruin of European companies. He acknowledged the impact of the war on energy prices but also pointed to the effect of forcing the Green Deal's energy policies on the European economy.

PM Orbán said European capital was being enticed by the continent's global rivals and pressed for the establishment of a unified capital market as a line of defense. He said better offers had to be made for European capital and for Europe's big companies than those from America, China, and the rest of the world.