While he has no plans to step down any time soon, the ruling Fidesz party has no shortage of successors, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters at the once-yearly press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.
EURACTIV’s media partner Telex asked Orbán if he had thought about how long he plans to remain active in politics at the sole regular press event when the head of government faces journalists.
The prime minister, who turns 60 next year, said he follows different mathematics. He was in opposition for 16 years, and next year, he will have been in government for 17 years, which he does not consider “satisfactory”.
In his profession, you never know “how long you can last”, he said, adding there may come a day when he feels he has “aged 100 years”.
Asked if he sees anyone in Fidesz who could be his successor, he said, “I only see such people”, but this has to be “navigated” carefully.
Source: euractiv.com
