The Tisza Party’s activities in the European Parliament reflect a political strategy likely agreed upon between Tisza Party chief Peter Magyar and Manfred Weber, President of the European People’s Party (EPP), shortly after the June 9, 2024 European elections. Just five days after the vote, Weber — the overtly anti-Hungarian Bavarian politician — visited Budapest to discuss integrating the Tisza Party’s seven new MEPs into the EPP group. At a joint press conference, Weber famously said, “We hope this is the beginning of a beautiful European friendship.”
At the time, the practical implications of this “friendship” were unclear — but the months that followed made everything apparent. Looking back, it seems
In the first part of this series, we examined Magyar’s disengagement from parliamentary duties in Brussels and Strasbourg. Now, we review the key events where in the EP Tisza MEPs directly criticized the Hungarian government and its policies supporting the Hungarian population’s fundamental interests.
The statistics speak for themselves: of the 113 speeches delivered by Tisza MEPs in plenary sessions, 89 were aimed against Hungary or its government — a 79% proportion. This figure doesn’t include the additional countless attacks made in committees, media or social media that also contradicted Hungarian national interests.
One of the most striking examples was the Tisza Party’s push to eliminate Hungary’s price caps on home utility bills. During a September 2024 meeting of the EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Tisza MEP Gabriella Gerzsenyi criticized this policy, arguing it undermines energy providers — repeating a long-standing left-wing narrative.
