Poland and Hungary have fought for their freedom, democracy and national independence! We cannot be lectured on the rule of law!

At today’s plenary session of the European Parliament, Poland is once again under political attack as MEPs debate the Polish Constitutional Court ruling, with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in attendance. MEP Tamás Deutsch, Head of Fidesz Delegation to the EP, and MEP László Trócsányi, speaking on behalf of the delegation, expressed their solidarity and support for Poland.

In his speech, MEP Tamás Deutsch stressed that Poles and Hungarians cannot be educated about European values and the rule of law. He pointed out that “the representatives of the Western European power elites threw us over to the Soviet empire by carving up the sphere of influence with some percentages written on a piece of paper”. He said that we Hungarians and Poles “fought for freedom, democracy and national independence against the dictatorship of Jaruzelski and Kádár”. He emphasized that “in Europe, we are facing a fourth wave of the epidemic, we are again under unprecedented immigration pressure, there is an energy crisis in many places, and you have come to harass Hungarians and Poles, repeating blatant lies and slander in a biased and hateful tone”. The Head of the Delegation stressed that “we have won our freedom and national independence by our own efforts, and we will defend these against you”.

MEP László Trócsányi, former constitutional judge and minister of justice, stressed that we are witnessing a dialogue of superiority between the European and Member State institutions. However, he stressed that a real dialogue can only take place between equals. He added: “EU law has priority of application but no absolute priority. The European treaties do not provide for this either”. It shows that this is a real problem, as a number of national constitutional courts have already defined the limits of the priority application of EU law. This was most recently done by the Polish Constitutional Court. “As this is a legal dispute, I do not think it is right to have a political debate on the issue at the same time. If national constitutional institutions were to be given more respect by the European institutions, instead of threats, then the disputed issues could be decided not by force but by common sense”, the MEP concluded.