Yet Another Hair-Raising Statement from Zoltan Tarr Leaked, Tisza Party's Plan No Longer a Secret

"Even in a good marriage we give up certain parts of our sovereignty, and people do not do this sobbing and tearing their hair out, but obviously with a huge celebration, a wedding party," argued Zoltan Tarr at a party event, claiming that Hungary must give up part of its self-determination within the European Union. The words uttered by the Tisza Party VP confirm what Peter Magyar had previously said about giving up part of our sovereignty. In practice, this has already implied the obligatory adoption of the European People’s Party’s positions.

Zoltan Tarr, head of the Tisza Party’s EP delegation (Photo: MTI/Boglarka Bodnar)

Obligation to Adhere to the EPP's Position

From the beginning, however, the Tisza Party has pursued a policy of unconditional submission, as revealed by the vice president’s earlier statements.

It is worth recalling that Peter Magyar’s confidant admitted in an interview with the Republikon Institute: "I don’t have firm, well-developed positions on every issue, including domestic politics, and that’s no secret… For that reason we rely heavily on the EPP line, which is also a kind of obligation. If we are members of something, we should not constantly question how and in what way we represent the obligations and positions that come with that membership."

Like a Love Relationship

In the same autumn 2024 interview, he also presented a theory that is almost embarrassing, and eerily similar to the marriage analogy heard in the newly leaked recording. "From the very first moment I was received and continue to be received with enormous love and support, and it was like going into a family where you had not been for a long time because you had wandered the world for a long time, or like as a new member meeting a family through a love relationship, and that family becomes your own”  the MEP said about the Tsza Party's relationship with the European People’s Party.

Pre-School Adjustment

Not much later, in January 2025, the Tisza Party vice president gave an interview to Gulyasagyu Media, where he was asked what results they could show from their first few months of activity in Brussels. He began his answer by saying: "the first thing would be that I think we have managed to integrate well not only into the People's Party, into the community..." At that point, the presenter interjected, "so it was like preschool settling-in", to which Zoltan Tarr agreed and added that "though there was not as much crying and as much fighting as in preschool."

Peter Magyar Would Also Give Up Part of Self-Determination

But it is not only Zoltan Tarr who finds it joyful if Hungary gives up its sovereignty, as previously the Tisza Party’s president himself had spoken about this.

Peter Magyar expressed his view on Hungary’s potential accession to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in a video program, where he said: "Indeed, a member state that wants to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has to give up a small part of its national sovereignty. But we already gave up a much larger part of that sovereignty when we joined the European Union, or when we entered the Schengen area, and actually in many cases of legislation we still give up a small part of sovereignty."