The leader of the Hungarian opposition recently criticized Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for granting asylum to figures from Poland’s former conservative government, suggesting that Hungary was hiding “wanted criminals.”
Péter Magyar specifically targeted Zbigniew Ziobro and Marcin Romanowski, claiming their protection undermined justice and violated international norms.
Ziobro, a prominent figure in the Polish Law and Justice (PiS) party, responded swiftly. In a social media post, he rejected Magyar’s allegations, emphasizing that neither he nor Romanowski had committed any crimes and framing the charges against them in Poland as politically motivated:
Hungary is not hiding ‘wanted criminals’, but is protecting people persecuted by criminals. Neither I nor Minister Marcin Romanowski have ever committed a crime and we have never been convicted of anything. We are, however, the target of criminal actions by Tusk’s dictatorship.
Ziobro further accused Magyar of failing to understand the broader political context in Poland. Ziobro blamed the leftist government under Prime Minister Donald Tusk for creating a “criminal structure” among his closest allies, engaging in embezzlement, rigged tenders, and corruption. According to Ziobro, two of Tusk’s politicians alone redirected €360 million in embezzled funds.
Ziobro also highlighted the harmful policies of Tusk’s administration, including halting investments, increasing national debt, and attempting to legalize same-sex marriages:
The problem for Hungary is not me, but people like you and Donald Tusk—people who yield to external interests and lead their countries toward subordination to Brussels. With all my heart I warn Hungarians against Tusk’s imitators, because that is the road to disaster, which I most certainly do not wish upon our Hungarian brothers!
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