Governor of Hungarian National Bank Gyorgy Matolcsy delivers a speech during Lamfalussy Lectures Conference in Budapest, Hungary, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Hungary's central bank chief lacked credibility in accusing an unspecified "large NATO ally" of trying to topple the Hungarian government two years ago.
Gyorgy Matolcsy, a close ally of authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been involved in a series of diplomatic spats with Washington, told a Parliament committee hearing on Wednesday that a major NATO member had tried to topple the government and central bank in 2014-2015.
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