Hungary Grants Asylum to a Polish Fugitive Opposition Lawmaker

Budapest has granted political asylum to the former Warsaw Justice Minister, suspected of embezzlement

By granting asylum to a populist former Polish minister wanted for common law offences, Viktor Orbán is further paralyzing the functioning of the EU.

Marcin Romanowski was Deputy Minister of Justice of the PiS government in Poland. He is said to have embezzled funds, is being sought by an Interpol arrest warrant - and is now under the protection of Hungary. Prime Minister Tusk reacts sharply. By Martin Adam.

The public prosecutor in Poland accuses Marcin Romanowski of the national conservative PiS party of corruption. His escape to Hungary led to a diplomatic scandal

The fight between Hungary of the nationalist populist Viktor Orbán and Poland of the conservative Europeanist Donald Tusk has scaled for moments. Hungarian authorities have granted political asylum to the former Deputy Minister of Justice Marcel Romanowski, who has been prosecuted for embezzlement and corruption. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has defined Budapest’s decision as a “hostile act.” The two EU Member States have maintained…

Poland accuses Hungary of 'hostile' act over asylum case

A diplomatic standoff has broken out between Poland and Hungary after the Hungarian government granted political asylum to a former Polish deputy minister of justice wanted on charges of misusing public funds.