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UPDATE – Official: Hungary grants asylum to former Minister Ziobro and other Polish citizens
It has now been officially confirmed that Zbigniew Ziobro, former Polish Minister of Justice, and his wife are the two Polish nationals who have been granted political asylum by the Hungarian government. Ziobro himself announced the decision on Monday in a post published on X in both Polish and English, putting an end to days of speculation and transforming a diplomatic dispute into an openly acknowledged political conflict between Budapest and Warsaw.
Confirmation after days of diplomatic tension
In recent days, Poland summoned Hungary’s ambassador in Warsaw after it emerged that Hungary had granted asylum to two Polish citizens. Details: Hungary granted asylum to two Polish citizens, and Poland is not happy. At the time, neither the Hungarian government nor EU institutions disclosed the identities of those involved. Media reports, however, increasingly pointed to Ziobro, a senior figure of Poland’s former ruling party, as the likely beneficiary.
That assumption was confirmed when Ziobro wrote on X that he had decided to “make use of the asylum granted by the Hungarian government due to political persecution taking place in Poland.”
Statement
— Zbigniew Ziobro | SP (@ZiobroPL) January 12, 2026
I have chosen to fight against political banditry and lawlessness. I stand in opposition to a creeping dictatorship. I do this in the name of the principles that I have always upheld, and for which I have now become the target of Donald Tusk’s personal vendetta and his…
Serious criminal allegations against Polish minister
Ziobro, a prominent politician of the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, is facing extensive criminal investigations in Poland. Prosecutors accuse him of founding and leading an organised criminal group during his tenure as justice minister under the previous PiS government. According to the Polish authorities, the group allegedly misappropriated funds from the Justice Fund, a state programme originally established to support victims of crime and finance crime prevention. Investigators claim that more than 150 million złoty (approximately €35 million) may have been unlawfully redirected to PiS-linked civil and quasi-civil organisations, as well as to other purposes unrelated to the fund’s original mandate.
Ziobro is suspected of involvement in a total of 26 criminal offences. In November 2025, Poland’s parliament stripped him of parliamentary immunity, and courts approved his pre-trial detention. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence of up to 25–30 years.
Flight to Hungary and political backing
Former Polish minister Ziobro arrived in Hungary in late October 2025 to attend a conference in Budapest, where he appeared alongside Gergely Gulyás, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office. He also posed for photographs with Viktor Orbán. Shortly afterwards, he failed to return to Poland and has remained in Hungary since.
Orbán has publicly defended Ziobro, arguing that Poland’s current, pro-Brussels government is conducting a politically motivated campaign against the Polish right. According to the Hungarian prime minister, the proceedings against Ziobro are part of a broader political “witch hunt”.
Hungary cites political persecution
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously stated that the asylum decision was made in line with EU law, citing what it described as a crisis of the rule of law in Poland. “Several individuals in Poland are subject to politically motivated persecution,” the ministry said in a written response. “Hungary grants refugee status to those suffering political persecution in accordance with European Union regulations.”
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Here is a summary of the Justice Fund (Fundusz Sprawiedliwości) scandal:
The investigation centers on the allegation that public money specifically designated to help crime victims and support rehabilitation was systematically diverted by Zbigniew Ziobro and his associates for political gain.
The misuse of funds reportedly occurred in three main areas:
Illicit Campaign Financing: Prosecutors allege that millions of zlotys were funneled to organizations connected to Ziobro’s party, Sovereign Poland (Suwerenna Polska). This effectively turned public victim support funds into a war chest for financing election campaigns and buying influence in rural districts.
Political Surveillance (Pegasus): Money meant for victims was reportedly used to purchase the controversial Pegasus spyware for the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA). This tool was then allegedly deployed to surveil political opponents of the PiS government rather than to fight crime.
Ideological Cronyism: Grants were awarded arbitrarily to foundations and media outlets aligned with the United Right coalition. These recipients allegedly lacked the necessary experience in victim support, receiving funds solely based on their ideological loyalty.
It is in the interest of Fidesz politicians to give asylum to financial criminals such as themselves. These criminals help each other and Orban and the rest of them count on other corrupt governments to give them asylum when their time comes.
Options realistically available – but perhaps less attractive:
https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/08/one-year-after-syria-ouster-al-assad-lives-under-strict-russian-supervision-in-moscow-exil
It is in the interest of Fidesz to help politicians, who are facing a show trial, because they were not obeying the EU dictates, and were regime-changed.
There, I fixed it for you.
@Márk … Regime changed? Really??? Poland voted PiS out in a democratic election.
And when Fidesz protects any friendly politician who claims “Brussels!” meddling when caught misusing funds, I would characterize this as defending impunity. Above the law. Some are more equal than others.
Since you are obviously keen on sovereignty – my definition of sovereignty is holding elites accountable instead of blaming “Brussels!”.
You might add that PiS (I prefer Piss) were the party in power at the time of the election and they were democratically voted out. No one can argue that Poles chose to get rid of them.
Meanwhile who does Szijjarto welcome to Budapest? Oh, a representative from Lithuania. Who might visit Szijjarto from Lithuania? Would it be their foreign minister? Would it be the speaker of parliament, etc? No. The one politician from all of Lithuania who Szijjarto met with is Remigijus Žemaitaitis. Žemaitaitis was expelled from his party in 2024 after the Constitutional Court ruled that his regular anti-Semitic outbursts and hate speech violated his parliamentary oath and the Lithuanian constitution. He resigned from his seat in parliament and formed The Dawn of Nemunas party. The 43-year-old politician has a well-documented history of making crude anti-Semitic statements; he has referred to Jews as animals or a “subordinate race” in his Facebook posts, blaming them for the oppression of Lithuanians under the Soviet Union. Here is one of his quotes: “A Jew was climbing a ladder and he accidentally fell; grab a stick, kids, and kill that little Jew.” These are Szijjarto’s friends. Would anyone actually invite a man like that to his home?
https://telex.hu/english/2026/01/12/party-leader-notorious-for-his-anti-semitic-outbursts-received-by-szijjarto-in-budapest