Prime Ministers of Ireland and Poland: Budapest-Moscow relationship a sad signal for Europe's justified fears

The Prime Ministers of Ireland and Poland, Michail Martin and Donald Tusk, agreed today in Warsaw that the affair surrounding the talks between the heads of Hungarian and Russian diplomacy shows the true nature of the political dependence of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government on Moscow and is a sad signal that the European Union's dangerous fears are justified.

"I haven't heard anything so sad in a long time. What the footage showed is not only Budapest's political dependence on Moscow, but also how intimate that relationship is. The foreign minister of an EU member state submits a report and asks for patience to complete the task. That is absolutely disqualifying," Tusk said at a press conference after his conversation with Martin.

Irish Prime Minister Martin warned that what many in the EU had assumed was being confirmed, which was that Hungary was talking to Russia to the detriment of the Union.

"This raises serious concerns. It is a signal to the EU and shows what the relations between these two governments look like. This is sad and unacceptable," Martin said.

Tusk stated that Poles love Hungarians and that this friendship of peoples has survived centuries, and that Poles are happy to be together with Hungarians in the European family, but it is sad that Orban is trying to take Hungary out of the EU, and that anyone in Poland who supports Orban's election victory on April 12 is in fact an indirect collaborator of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Some thought I was exaggerating when I said that for some reason Law and Justice, Kaczynski, and Nawrocki support Russia. That it's not that bad. If someone wants the most pro-Russian regime in Europe to win, then it's no longer just stupidity or blindness, but a dangerous game," Tusk criticized Poland's main opposition party of conservative nationalists and its leader, as well as the president of Poland, who comes from nationalist circles.

Tusk and Martin, whose country takes over the EU presidency in mid-year, agreed today that it is necessary to continue assistance to Ukraine, and the Irish Prime Minister promised that this would be one of the priorities of the presidency, as well as the energy crisis, for which both prime ministers see the only effective solution to end the war in the Middle East.

"We do not know what is lurking around the corner and we intervene cautiously. That is why our goal is for this conflict to end. It is not only harming people, it is not only causing suffering and destruction, but it is also leaving long-term consequences for the region and the entire world," Martin said.

Both the Polish and Irish prime ministers agreed that despite the crises, the EU must not stop the enlargement process, of course soberly and on the condition that the candidates meet all the set criteria.

"Europe needs to grow and become stronger. We need to take advantage of the fact that we are still very attractive to those who make no secret of their desire to become part of our family," Tusk said.