by A.P.
Looking back twenty years from now, it should become clear that what Hungary and Poland achieved at the Dec. 10 European Union Summit was a historic milestone, political analyst Tamás Fricz writes in a column in daily Magyar Nemzet:
Moving away from the events of several days ago during the EU summit and removing the static and competing claims, we can confidently say that Dec. 10, 2020, was an important moment in the history of the Union — a day which saw the Hungarian and Polish governments achieve an outstanding success. If, in, say, twenty years from now, someone writes on the tumultuous history of the European Union, I am convinced that this day will have to be remembered as a highlight and historic turning point.
But the basic question is: in what way can the victory of Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki be quantified? Why is this a success and not a failure, as some of the domestic left-liberals claim who have divorced themselves from reality?
We can talk about victory and success for three basic reasons. Firstly, the direct stake was whether the globalist liberal mainstream of the EU would be able to inflate the requirements of the rule of law or fill them with inappropriate content to such an extent that they could eventually punish “rebellious” Hungary and Poland — not only legally, but mainly financially.
As I explained in more detail in my article on Dec. 12, “We Won, but the Fight Continues“, the rule of law is meant to guarantee a legal framework against arbitrariness, and keep politicians from formulating unilateral political, ideological and value expectations under any pretext.