Referring to the Hungarian parliament’s deciding to approve an extension on Hungary’s state of emergency during the coronavirus crisis, Donald Tusk, the President of the European People’s Party (EPP), wrote in a letter to EPP members: “A state of emergency or danger should serve governments to fight the virus and not to strengthen control over citizens.”

The criticism was a direct attack at Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Tusk even demanded the expulsion Orbán’s Fidez party from the EPP in his letter.

Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Zbigniew Kuźmiuk believes that German politicians in the EPP will not permit such a move, because despite the EPP being the largest faction in the European Parliament, it is losing strength with each election.

“If Fidesz were to be kicked out, some of the Romanians and others would leave with them. That would be over 20 people. The representatives of the German CDU-CSU are afraid of that,” he told TVP Info.

Kuźmiuk criticized Tusk and other European Union elites for focusing on politics instead of concentrating on fighting the coronavirus.

Kuźmiuk pointed out that people are dying and citizens aren’t getting the help they need, but the EU focuses on criticizing the Polish and Hungarian governments. In fact, the European Parliament and the European Commission will debate rule of law issues in coming weeks despite the coronavirus outbreak.

The PiS MEP pointed out that Tusk has been actually demanding the PiS government declare a state of emergency in Poland. The fact that he wants one in Poland but wants to kick Fidesz out for implementing same measure is “political schizophrenia”.

So why does Tusk want a state of emergency declared in Poland?

“This is not about the suffering of people but simply about postponing elections and, as Grzegorz Schetyna said, about choosing a new candidate. Who knows whether the new candidate will be Donald Tusk himself,” he emphasized, adding that he believed Tusk was unhappy in his current position.

Kuźmiuk believes that after Tusk’s term as president of the European Council ended, many European politicians counted on him returning to the Polish political scene and ousting the current conservative government. Tusk’s decision to step away from the Polish presidential election race in 2019 was a disappointment for many of them.

“The man who claimed that he was oh so great hadn’t even decided to run in the elections, let alone win them,” he said, adding that Tusk probably sees a chance now of winning due to Covid-19’s damaging impact on the Polish economy, which could decrease the current government’s popularity.

Kuźmiuk declared that Tusk is “suffering psychically” because although his new position is good financially, it has little prestige. If he can manage to have elections delayed, it will mean he can replace PO’s current presidential candidate Małgorszata Kidawa-Błońska and run for the position himself.

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