Amid EU criticism: Poland offers Orban an alliance with Putin
Kyiv • UNN
Poland's deputy foreign minister suggested that Hungary should withdraw from the EU and NATO and form an alliance with Putin because of its constant criticism of these organizations. He also recalled Hungary's blocking of EU funds for Poland.
Against the backdrop of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's constant criticism of the European Union and NATO, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski has proposed that Budapest should form an alliance with Putin. This was reported by PAP, UNN.
Details
Bartoszewski emphasized that he does not understand why Hungary remains a member of alliances that it does not like. In this regard, he advised Orban to form an alliance with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders.
I don't really understand why Hungary wants to remain a member of organizations that they don't like so much and that allegedly treat them badly. Why doesn't he (Orban - Ed.) create an alliance with Putin and some authoritarian states like that? It's on the principle that if you don't want to be a member of a club, you can always leave. This is definitely an anti-European, anti-Ukrainian, anti-Polish policy (of Hungary - Ed.) at this time
He reminded that Hungary is also blocking two billion zlotys (467 million euros) from the European Peace Fund, which was intended for Poland from the EU to compensate for military equipment received by Ukraine.
Context
The day before, on July 27, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in Romania for the "Tuscanos Summer University".
He criticized what he considered to be the misguided policies of the EU and the West as a whole, and Poland's "hypocrisy.
The Poles are pursuing a hypocritical policy. They criticize us for our relations with Russia, and they also do business with Russia through intermediaries. I have never seen such hypocrisy on the part of the state
Orban also accused Poland of changing the balance of power in Europe by weakening the Berlin-Paris axis in favor of a new configuration: London, Warsaw, Kyiv, the Baltic States, and Scandinavia.
Recall
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will continue his self-proclaimed "peace mission" despite criticism from the European Union that he has overstepped the role of his country's presidency of the bloc.
