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Polish government: Orbán cabinet left the European Union long ago due to its “repulsive” ties to Putin
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Monday questioned the timing of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s decision to convene Hungary’s security council after Serbian authorities said explosives had been discovered near gas infrastructure supplying Hungary.
Orbán faces his strongest challenge
“Suspiciously opportune timing,” Sikorski wrote on US social media platform X, referring to the incident coming less than a week before Hungary’s Apr. 12 parliamentary election, in which Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party is facing its strongest challenge in years.
Orbán said Sunday that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had informed him explosives had been found near the TurkStream pipeline extension in northern Serbia close to the Hungarian border. He then convened an emergency meeting of Hungary’s defence council, describing the incident as a possible act of sabotage.
Orbán cabinet suggests Ukraine being the perpetrator
The Hungarian government stopped short of directly accusing Ukraine, but Orbán and Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó both suggested Kyiv may have been involved, linking the alleged plot to previous disputes over Russian oil and gas transit through Ukraine.
Polish officials reacted skeptically. Sikorski’s remark echoed broader concerns in Warsaw that the incident could be politically useful to Orbán ahead of the Apr. 12 vote, especially after several recent clashes between the Polish and Hungarian governments over Budapest’s close ties to Moscow.
Hungarian government left the EU “long time ago”
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week accused Orbán’s government of being politically dependent on Russia after reports emerged of contacts between Szijjártó and Russian officials. Tusk said the Hungarian government had “effectively left the EU a long time ago” and described its relationship with Moscow as “repulsive.”
Senior Polish officials have also repeatedly warned that Russia could seek to exploit security scares and disinformation campaigns in Central Europe. Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski previously accused Russia of attempting to interfere in elections and destabilize neighboring countries through hybrid operations.
Ukraine decides to attack Hungary, a NATO member, days before the election?
The comments underline the growing gap between Warsaw and Budapest since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While Poland has become one of Kyiv’s strongest supporters, Hungary has maintained close relations with Moscow and repeatedly blocked or delayed EU measures in support of Ukraine.
- Orbán suggests Ukraine plotted to sabotage TurkStream pipeline — Serbia sees it differently
President Nawrocki and PM Orbán in Budapest two weeks ago:
Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar also questioned the timing of the pipeline incident, saying he had been warned in advance that “something might happen” near the Serbian gas pipeline before the election. He accused Orbán of attempting to spread fear and suggested the episode could be a staged “false flag” operation. Ukraine likewise denied any involvement and suggested the episode may have been orchestrated by Russia to influence the Hungarian election campaign.
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Truth is Truth.
Victor Mihaly. Orban has a HISTORY that factually demonstrate his FEAR of Truth.
Orban has continuously “mis-lead” the people of Hungary, his use of “fabrication of the truth” then his use of Propaganda to hide behind the TRUTH.
“A lie is like a snowball : the further you roll it the BIGGER it Becomes.”
April 12th – what he Victor Mihaly. Orban his Fidesz Government have delivered us to as a country after (20) twenty years combined in Government – that resembles a SHAMBLES.
Victor Mihaly. Orban and his Fidesz Government have Shamed and Embarrassed us as a country Hungary.
Orban and his Fidesz Government have SHATTERED the proud and historic name of our country Hungary that of respect and trust in us as a country that through Victor Mihaly. Orban – his OWNERSHIP – has been MAULED.
April 12th we Hungary in SOLIDARITY – we speak, through the POWER of our Vote in effecting the HUMILIATING rightful DOWNFALL of one – Victor Mihaly. Orban the “Judas” of European and Global = DEMOCRACY and his “lemmings” – of blinded supporters his NAIVE followers believing in Victor Mihaly. Orban being a Demi-god individual.
Victor Mihaly. Orban, the name Fidesz have NOTHING, absolutely Nothing, nothing to contribute give to the FUTURE of Hungary = NOTHING.
“Repulsive” is a good adjective to use for Orban and Fidesz. They are gangsters on Putin’s payroll who are bleeding Hungary dry.
Reuters reports Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered last year to help Russian President Vladimir Putin “in any way”, such as by hosting a summit in Budapest to settle the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported, citing the transcript of a phone call.
A Hungarian government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment and for the release of the transcript of an October 17 call between the two leaders reviewed by Bloomberg but not verified by Reuters.
There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin. The cordial conversation between Orban and Putin took place as U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a second summit on the war in Ukraine to be hosted in the Hungarian capital.
In the phone call, Orban calls Putin a friend, noting that their close ties date back to a 2009 meeting in St Petersburg.
“But yesterday our friendship rose to such a high level that I can help in any way — there is a story in our Hungarian picture books where a mouse helps a lion,” he tells Putin according to the transcript. “I am ready to help immediately … In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service.”
Putin tells Orban in response that he values their relations highly and says Budapest would be what he described as “perhaps the only European country that is an acceptable venue” for a possible meeting with Trump.
Hungary at the time said it would ensure that Putin, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, which Orban’s government is in the process of leaving, could enter the country for a summit with the U.S. president.
Putin also tells Orban that he greatly appreciates his “independent and flexible” stance on the Ukraine crisis.
The publication of the transcript follows the release of an audio clip by an investigative news outlet that featured Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussing EU sanctions.
Yes, Dear Karl – Reuters and Bloomberg said it.
My, my – there it is, in a nutshell.
Gentlemen, I would like to address you comments with a quote from one of my favourite American actors:
“Opinions are like arseholes… everybody has one”
Quote from Clint Eastwood.
Poland has got such a bad case of RussDS that they, normally, well-informed, and sensical, cannot even notice that the Western War of Aggression in Western Russia is hardly the first issue that shows that Hungary ‘left the EU’.
‘Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week accused Orbán’s government of being politically dependent on Russia’
Hungary does have a certain dependence on Russia, something which would be utterly unnecessary if the bought and sold bureaucrats, who run the Eu for the benefits of The Bankers, were not such reprehensible lunatics.
As to Tusk : he is just another face for The Bankers, and, as such, his opinions can be taken entirely in that light.