Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski criticized Hungary’s planned referendum on Ukraine’s EU accession amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Budapest over support for Kyiv.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government has blocked or delayed several aid packages and resisted measures targeting Russian energy imports, arguing that sanctions harm Europe more than Moscow.
On Thursday, Orbán said he would initiate a referendum in Hungary regarding Ukraine’s EU accession.
Sikorski condemned the Hungarian government’s move in a post on the X platform on Saturday.
“Hungary intends to hold a referendum on Ukraine’s future membership in the European Union. And I would be curious about the results of a referendum in the EU on the membership of Orbán’s Hungary,” Sikorski wrote.
During an emergency summit in Brussels on last week, EU leaders, including Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, approved a plan to increase arms supplies to Ukraine. Hungary was the only member state that refused to endorse the conclusions on further military aid.
“It is unfortunate that the Polish government, along with the rest of the EU, is trying to prevent peace negotiations. This attitude from Brussels is what isolates the European Union,” Szijjártó wrote on Facebook.
He argued that “the vast majority of the world, led by the U.S. and Hungary,” supports negotiations, while Poland and other EU countries “chose to continue the war” at Thursday’s summit.
During a speech in the Polish parliament on Friday, Tusk suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin relies on “either traitors to Western interests or useful idiots” to advance his agenda, mentioning Orbán’s name in the context of Hungary’s opposition to EU aid for Ukraine.
