Viktor Orban is hurt by the fact that Poland co-decides on the policy of the whole of Europe – assessed Jan Grabiec, head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24, referring to the words of the Hungarian Prime Minister, who criticized the Polish government. As he said, “this is a kind of stamping of the foot, a bit like a child who got angry”. – Hungary was left alone. There is no longer a PiS government that would support Orban – he stated.
On Saturday, Orban criticized the EU's and the entire West's wrong policies, as well as Poland's “hypocrisy.” Speaking from the podium of the Free Summer University in Romanian Transylvania (Transylvania), the head of the Hungarian government praised Donald Trump and defended Russia.
Speaking about Poland, Orban criticized the government in Warsaw. “Let's be honest, we've received a lot of kicks in the ass. Poles are conducting hypocritical policies. They criticize us for our relations with Russia, and they do business with Russia through intermediaries. I've never seen such hypocrisy on the part of the state,” he quoted the prime minister as saying. Hungarian Radio Europa Libera Romania portal.
Orban accused Poland of causing a change in the balance of power in Europe by weakening the Berlin-Paris axis in favor of a new configuration: London, Warsaw, Kiev, the Baltic states and Scandinavia. In this way, Poland was also to be weakened Visegrad Groupwhich in Orbán's interpretation was to be based on the recognition of strong German and Russia and create a third important power.
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Grabiec: Orban is very hurt by the fact that Poland co-decides on the policy of the whole of Europe
The head of the Prime Minister's office commented on Orban's words on Monday in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24. Jan Grabiec.
– He was not punished by Poland, but due to the change of government in Poland, Poland's position changed – he commented.
As he said, “until recently, the PiS government was the government that cooperated the least within the European Union, Orban was the slightly better one”. – Today, he is left alone, he is being stigmatized by everyone – he added. He recalled that “his trip to Putin was received very badly in all European capitals”. – Conducting foreign policy on behalf of the Union without agreeing on a position with anyone is of course cheating on partners and this cannot be well received – Grabiec emphasized.
As he said, the fact that “Morawiecki and Kaczyński are no longer mentioned in the same breath next to Orban means that he has indeed found himself under scrutiny and cannot hide behind (saying – editor's note): 'and Poland is even worse'”.
– Today – and this hurts him a lot, because you can hear it in his statement – Poland co-decides about the policy of the whole of Europe. The European Union, but also more broadly – he assessed.
“Hungary was left alone”
In response to the fact that we are talking about a prime minister who first went to Kiev and then to Moscow, where he shook Putin's hand, blocks many initiatives that are key from the point of view of our Polish interests, and now accuses Poland of hypocrisy, while the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs says that the time for tolerating the provocations and hypocrisy of the Polish government is over, Grabiec assessed that “this is like stamping your feet, a bit like a child who got angry”.
– He stamps his foot and says: I also want to have a candy. There will be no candy. Hungary is left alone. There is no government anymore. PiSwho would support Orban. There is no other partner who would be ready for such madness, for such a policy as Orban is conducting. Hence this anger vented on Poland – stated the head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
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