Hungary and Poland

 

Hungary and Poland

 In an ocean of European political correctness, “wokeness”, “greenery”, secularism and socialism stand two bastions of modern conservatism, which have become the antithesis of the European Union in Brussels.  The countries are Hungary, with Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party government, and Poland, with Lech Kaczynski’s Law and Justices party government.  Both are regularly denigrated by their detractors as ultra-right-wing, fascist, or worse.  An honest appraisal shows these parties to be pretty much mainstream, conservative parties espousing traditional Christian values.

 Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party just won a landslide two-thirds majority victory in this Sunday’s election.  A major criticism of Orban has been that he “talks to Putin”.

 The Law and Justice party has formed a majority government in Poland after the 2019 elections.  The party also backed Polish Andrzej Duda as President of Poland.

 Both Poland and Hungary have generously accepted and are assisting refugees from the war in Ukraine.  Over 2,400,000 refugees have crossed into Poland as of April 5, 2022, and upwards of 400,000 refugees into Hungary.

 https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/lets-learn-from-orbans-landslide-instead-of-denouncing-it/

 https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/polish-leader-open-to-keeping-us-nukes-there-wants-more-american-soldiers/

 Ray Gruszecki

April 5, 2022