Poland and Hungary were previously considered close allies in the EU. They could always count on each other when it came to unanimous decisions in proceedings for possible violations of European Union principles. But the war in Ukraine has now driven a wedge between the two Visegrad states. The Polish prime minister put it even more drastically: “Poland and Hungary have split up.”
Mateusz Morawiecki pointed out on Friday that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had made similar statements about differing perspectives on the war in Ukraine. Poland will not participate in the war in Ukraine, Morawiecki said. But Poland and many other countries tried to help Ukraine against the Russian attack and ensure its survival. Orban’s government continues to maintain close contacts with Moscow. In a speech last week, Orban said Hungary is looking at the war between two Slavic nations from the outside. Poles, on the other hand, feel like they are fighting in it themselves.
Orban calls for sanctions
Orban is also pushing at every opportunity for an end to sanctions against Russia, which he says would do more damage to the EU than to Russia. The Hungarian head of government also rejects Ukrainian demands for arms shipments through Hungary, Hungarian arms deliveries to Ukraine and an import ban on Russian oil and gas. From the point of view of the government in Budapest, these demands are contrary to the interests of Hungary, which wants to stay out of the war in Ukraine.
Kiev: “Russian propaganda in Hungary”
A few days ago, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko described Hungarian Prime Minister’s claims about the ineffectiveness of sanctions against Russia as an “example of classic Russian propaganda”. Orban told supporters in the Romanian resort of Baile Tusnad last Saturday that these sanctions would never bring Russia to its knees. Europe, on the other hand, would be plunged into a political and economic crisis.
Orban has sparked international outrage, especially with his racist statements, krone.at reports. The right-wing conservative politician emphasized in Baile Tusnad that he did not want “mixed races” in his country and also made an extremely tasteless joke about the EU gas emergency plan with an allusion to gas chambers during the Nazi regime in Germany.
Source: Krone
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