Anti-Hungarian Simion’s warning: If Orbán fails, Europe becomes a dictatorship
At the recent CPAC Poland conference, George Simion, the controversial far-right Romanian politician and former presidential candidate, issued a stark warning to conservative allies across Central Europe. The Romanian politician, who narrowly lost Romania’s presidential runoff to pro-EU centrist Nicușor Dan, told the Polish audience that the fate of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could hinge on the outcome of Poland’s own presidential election this Sunday.
“If you do not win, Hungary will be next, and Viktor Orbán will lose power. Then our entire continent, the whole European Union, will become a dictatorship,” Simion declared, drawing applause from the crowd, Telex writes.
Simion, leader of the nationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), has been a vocal supporter of Orbán, even seeking political partnership ahead of the Romanian vote. Despite his earlier anti-Hungarian rhetoric, the Romanian politician recently shifted tone, courting ethnic Hungarian voters and praising Orbán’s model of “family values and Christian Europe”.
After his electoral defeat, Simion questioned the legitimacy of both the Romanian and upcoming Polish elections, alleging fraud and foreign interference without evidence—a move widely criticised by Romanian officials and observers as anti-democratic and destabilising.
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