Hungary will fully support the Czech Republic in the first half of next year when it will hold EU presidency as the first member of the Visegrad Four (V4), Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said on Thursday.
Gyurcsany pointed out that Hungary will be EU president one year later and Poland will follow it.
He said this will be an opportunity for the V4 countries to markedly influence EU decision-making and to project the specifics of the Central European region into European developments.
"If someone harmed the Czech Republic in this respect, he would harm us as well. Therefore we will show our solidarity at any moment," Gyurcsany said.
Topolanek also said he wants to enhance communication within the V4 during Czech EU presidency.
Gyurcsany said his country favors the introduction of supervision over the banking market and that it should be a double- level supervision.
He said the EU should play the role of minimal supervision while national governments would have the right to a stricter supervision and to taking into consideration national specifics.
Hungary has been the most threatened by the world financial crisis within Eastern Europe due to a high dependence on foreign loans.
Gyurcsany said Hungary would prefer a stronger European supervision while the Czech Republic is more cautious, indicating he does not expect much from the Czech Republic in this connection.
The V4 comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.