Péter Magyar, an MEP and leader of Hungary’s opposition TISZA party, which recently overtook Orbán’s Fidesz in the polls, told private broadcaster ATV the decision to grant asylum to Marcin Romanowski, who is wanted by Polish prosectors on 11 charges of abusing public funds, was “shocking.”

Political scientist Attila Tibor Nagy told the channel that relations between Budapest and Warsaw have been deteriorating and said Orbán’s move was an act of “malicious sarcasm” toward his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk.

Orbán was allied with Poland’s former right-wing government, of which Romanowski was a member.

Romanowski is facing charges as part of a government probe into alleged criminality under Poland’s previous administration. He is specifically accused of misusing public money earmarked for victims of crime.

He said on Monday he would return to Poland within hours if certain demands were met, including the publication of rulings by the country’s top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, which he said has been illegally suppressed.

Other conditions included the government adhering to rulings of the Supreme Court, and the reinstatement of judges he said had been unlawfully dismissed.

The speaker of Poland’s parliament, Szymon Hołownia, dismissed Romanowski’s offer.

“It is incomprehensible that a man who is facing such serious charges has the audacity to set conditions,” Hołownia said.