00:00Not so long ago, Poland and Hungary used to be the ultimate power couple of Central Europe.
00:06Today, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is publicly calling Budapest alleged handling of EU secrets a disgrace
00:13and strongly condemns its growing loyalty to Moscow.
00:16And this is no longer just a political disagreement.
00:19It's a full-blown fracture built over years of Russian connections and ideological clashes.
00:25So let's see the timeline, shall we?
00:29Under Polish previous law and justice governments, Warsaw and Budapest were inseparable,
00:34shielding each other from the EU's penalties.
00:36But Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine caused a massive crack.
00:41Poland became Kiev's biggest champion, while Viktor Orban refused to break his ties with Vladimir Putin.
00:47And the rift grew so deep that even Polish conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński
00:51told Orban to get his eyes checked over Russian atrocities.
00:55Fast forward to today and the situation got even more tense.
01:00Budapest has become a safe haven for wanted law and justice politicians fleeing Tusk's new government.
01:07And former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Żobro is currently hiding in Hungary,
01:12evading criminal charges of corruption and abuse of power.
01:15And the relationship derailed completely this week after reports that Hungary's foreign minister
01:21was allegedly leaking EU meeting details to Moscow,
01:25prompting Tusk to admit Warsaw has suspected this betrayal for years.
01:31Now the conflict is tearing Poland itself apart.
01:35MAGA-aligned Polish President Karol Nawrocki is defying pro-EU Tusk
01:39by travelling to Budapest to stand with Orban right before the April 12 elections.
01:46And it is an ironic twist of history.
01:48These two nations shared monarchs in the late Middle Ages,
01:52like Louis the Great and Stefan Batory.
01:54And after centuries of surviving empires,
01:57world wars and communism together,
02:00it seems that current geopolitical alliances and Russian ties
02:03are breaking a relationship long defined by the old proverb.
02:08Paul and Hungarian, two good friends,
02:11together for the sword and the wine.
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