Fidesz MEP Csaba Dömötör said on Wednesday that the European Parliament has admitted that the opposition Tisza party is the intended beneficiary of the rule-of-law procedure against Hungary linked to withholding EU funds.

Dömötör said this week's EP budget committee meeting saw Tisza MEP Kinga Kollar speak "with shocking openness" about how damaging Hungary's economy strengthened the opposition, adding that she had "clearly linked the rule-of-law procedure with the 2026 Hungarian elections".

The left-wing opposition, he said, pursued the policy of "what is worse for the country is better for them".

The Fidesz MEP said other opposition parties, the Democratic Coalition and Momentum, had quietly lobbied for punitive measures against Hungary.

"Now Tisza is doing this openly," he said.

Dömötör said that the "Brussels elite" wanted to install leaders in Hungary who would toe the line and vote for extra financing for the war, the migration pact, and "accept ideological madness" by approving the gradual withdrawal the rights of member states.

In return, opposition MEPs were being allowed to "hide behind their immunity" and receive support for their political campaigns in Hungary, he added.

Dömötör said that "so-called" NGOs backed by the European Commission "with huge sums of money" had also addressed the committee meeting, but rather than representing the civil sector, they had pocketed the commission's money and spoke about how "rule-of-law procedures can influence election results".

The European Court of Auditors, he said, had found that the commission had spent almost 7 billion euros in recent years on opaque support for civilian political activist groups.

"But Hungary doesn't give in to political or financial blackmail," he said.

Voters in Hungary did not approve of parties that received foreign funding and adjusted their own policies to fit foreign expectations, he added.

The Fidesz politician said EU institutions had taken a clear position on Ukraine's EU membership. He insisted that the question of whether Ukraine would be fast-tracked to join the bloc and whether it would receive additional EU budget support would fundamentally determine the bloc's future. Issues such as the future of agricultural policy were at stake, he added.

Dömötör said the commission's president, Ursula von der Leyen's clear position was that Ukraine could join the bloc before 2030.

Hungary, Dömötör added, did not believe the steps towards EU membership could be bypassed and candidate countries should not be handed a blank cheque.

The resulting impact on public security, cohesion policy and agricultural policy was being dangerously ignored in Brussels, he said.