However, political and economic conditions, particularly after the 2008 economic crisis, led to an alteration in the nature of this commitment to the E.U. by Hungary. When Viktor Orban was elected Hungarian Prime-Minister in 2010, he began restructuring the economic and political structures of Hungary, putting Hungary first. As his plans for the political-economy unfolded, they were considered nationalistic, illiiberal, and anti-foreign....but with six years to judge by--very successful plans.
Enter the year 2015. Jaroslaw Kaczynski is elected president of Poland's new national party Law and Justice. Thus far his policies seem to mirror, but not to the same degree thus far, those of Hungary's. Indeed, if both nations continue to chart successful paths, they will be deviating from the liberal, secular, and integrative agenda of the Euroepan Union.
This paper will examine the reasons for the rise of these nationalist governments in both Hungary and Poland. It will study both government's economic and political agendas which have stirred up the ire of the E.U. Following Brexit, will the E.U. want to object to these nations' newly chosen path?
