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The leader of the Hungarian opposition, Peter Magyar, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed cooperation to end the war between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting Friday at the Munich Security Conference (MSC).
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Tusk announced the meeting Friday on X, stating, “Some people wanted to turn Warsaw into Budapest. Today, Budapest wants to be like Warsaw.” A photo accompanying the post showed Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in the background.
Ziobro Criticizes Hungarian Opposition Leader
Zbigniew Ziobro, a politician with Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS), has weighed in on the events, after receiving asylum in Budapest due to legal proceedings in Poland concerning the Justice Fund. Magyar announced that if Viktor Orbán’s government were to fall, Ziobro would no longer be able to rely on support from Hungary.
It’s little surprise, then, that Ziobro is hoping Orbán remains in power, leading to pointed criticism of Magyar. “Peter, did you tell the Hungarians the whole truth? Did you tell them that today – thanks to Viktor Orbán’s policy – energy prices in Hungary are three times lower than in Poland during Tusk’s rule? Have you described what Poland actually looks like after two years of his rule? That before the elections he promised lower energy prices, and now they are rising at an alarming rate? He swore that taxes would be reduced immediately – and now he increases them? Are Polish entrepreneurs drowning in a wave of bankruptcies? Under Tusk’s rule, youth unemployment in Poland is growing almost the fastest in Europe. Have you told them how disappointed those who believed in his election promises are today?” Ziobro asked in a post on X.
“Because it’s easy to fly around Europe, meet your friends from the European People’s Party, show perfect smiles for the cameras and enjoy the applause. It’s much harder later to look your people in the eye – when the bills are skyrocketing, taxes are rising, and all those shiny promises turn out to be nothing more than empty slogans,” the former Minister of Justice continued.
“Do you really want to follow the same path? Because it means that you will feed Hungarians the same beautiful fairy tales, but in fact it is only about following Brussels’ orders,” Ziobro concluded.
