Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary won’t join any European Union pact that hurts the country’s economic competitiveness, particularly if it forces tax harmonization which Budapest opposes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a press conference in Budapest today.

Hungary is still awaiting details of the euro area’s new fiscal compact before the country can decide if it wants to sign up, Orban said.

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