Orbán will suffer Kaczyński's fate

After the victory of the liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO) in Poland's parliamentary elections Jarosłav Kaczyński, the leading candidate of the defeated national-conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS), has defiantly proclaimed that the day will come when Warsaw is like Budapest. The left-leaning daily Népszava hopes for its part that the day will come when Budapest is like Warsaw: "Kaczyński represents the Polish version of Orbánism. ... The Kaczyński twins Jarosłav und Lech won the elections back then thanks to the fact that religious fundamentalism and all kinds of radical trends backed them. As long as they were a team in power they were criticised by Europe and the international community even more harshly than Orbán today. ... Their programme was as aggressive and unrealistic as Orbán's and perhaps even a shade more repulsive. ... After the Kaczyński's were voted out of office in 2007 Poland's international partners heaved a sigh of relief. ... The same thing will happen with the Orbán government. Anyone who has any sense of democracy at all will warmly welcome Orbán's inevitable defeat one day."

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