Hungary and Poland are arguably the only two nations in the Intermarium, the lands between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic seas, which share strong affinity for one another. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused an increasing dissonance among friends.
Historical ties between the Poles and Hungarians have been strong for centuries. Recently, having shed Communism and post-Communism, both nations are led by similarly conservative populist and nationalist coalition governments.