After the “suspension” of the grain export agreement by Russia, the goods were not transported in the Black Sea

It is rare to hear criticism from the ultra-conservative Polish government of the nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. However, since Russia invaded Ukraine, nothing has gone right between the two Central European states, members of the European Union. And the allies, in their fierce attacks against Brussels, usually openly display divisions over Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At the end of March, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, said he understood the matter ‘Huge addiction’ Energy from Hungary towards Russia, but thatThe Russian aggression on Ukraine and the killing of thousands of civilians [il avait] It is difficult to accept the post of Hungarian Prime Minister ». This policy will cost him dearly.He thought.

While the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, deplores“totalitarian state” Set up by the Russian president, Mr. Orban, who has maintained warm relations with the Kremlin in recent years, he strives to maintain a delicate balance. If the Hungarian supports joint decisions taken at the European level and within NATO, then he categorically refuses to hand over weapons to Ukraine, or even to allow them to pass through its territory.

On October 23, Mr. Orban accused Brussels of weakening Hungary through its sanctions against Russia, at a time when he had to face a protest movement from teachers and students at home. “Let us not worry about those who shoot Hungary hiding in the shadows, somewhere in the watchtowers of Brussels.”Release. They will end up where their ancestors ended.He added, predicting the fate of the European Union similar to the fate of the Soviet bloc, which collapsed between 1989 and 1991.

In addition, the Hungarian government, in mid-October, launched a “National Consultation” On European sanctions on Moscow, which Orban continues to criticize, although he voted for it on the side of his partners.