MEP: Donald Tusk Responsible for EPP’s Complete Leftward Turn

The leftward shift of the European People’s Party (EPP) is tied to Donald Tusk's five-year tenure at its helm, which has resulted in the party losing its last vestiges of Christian Democratic roots, Tamas Deutsch, Fidesz MEP, announced in a press statement to MTI in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutsch (Photo: MTI/Boglarka Bodnar)

Finally, Deutsch pointed out that Poland aims to do everything possible to end Europe’s energy imports from Russia. However, he argued that European sanctions on Russian energy would severely harm several countries, while Europe hypocritically continues to import Russian gas at record levels, all while proclaiming the need to reduce energy dependence on Russia. “This further deepens the already flawed strategy that undermines European economic competitiveness,” he added.

He also pointed out that while there were attempts to organize a public "auto-da-fe" against the Hungarian prime minister in the European Parliament when he presented Hungary’s presidency program, Donald Tusk was "caressed from right to left".

Peter Magyar, for example, swore an oath of allegiance to Donald Tusk and to the Brussels elite who invented him, mentored him and provided his political backdrop. Full support was lent to this by his party colleagues, who jumped to their feet and applauded the Polish prime minister,

he noted.

Tamas Deutsch also mentioned that the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal affairs will hear Peter Magyar’s parliamentary immunity case on Thursday.

The Hungarian authorities have initiated criminal proceedings against Peter Magyar for committing theft. In a nightclub in central Budapest, Peter Magyar got stone drunk and behaved scandalously with women and men. He was snake-dancing between the legs of women, barely over the age of majority, and provoked a good number of male guests. He then got into an argument with a guest who was filming his scandalous behavior on his phone. Peter Magyar wrenched the device from the guest’s hand and then dropped it into the Danube. What he did is called theft,

the MEP explained the details of the case.

He pointed out that, contrary to Magyar’s earlier statements that he does not want to be a politician and that he considers parliamentary immunity unnecessary, he now insists on it and refuses to waive it. In his opinion, it is up to the European Parliament to decide on lifting his immunity, but he and his supporters - including Manfred Weber, the EPP and left-wing parties - are working to delay the decision as long as possible. According to Deutsch, Peter Magyar is seeking to delay the hearing or prevent the suspension of his immunity. In addition, he wants to portray the criminal proceedings against him as politically motivated, claiming that he is being persecuted for his political activities. Deutsch also recalled the case of former Jobbik MEP Bela Kovacs. It took fifteen months to have his immunity revoked, and finally the body – keeping political interests in mind – prevented the Hungarian authorities from applying court-ordered measures against him.

Although he was convicted in Hungary for spying for the Russians, Bela Kovacs – Putin’s spy – nevertheless avoided serving the sentence,

the MEP concluded his statement.

Cover photo: Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutsch  (Photo: MTI/Boglarka Bodnar)