Soros Group to Stay in Hungary Amid Trump-Inspired Crackdown
- Hungary’s ruling party pledges to purge group from country
- Fidesz cites Trump victory in plan to ‘sweep out’ Soros groups
George Soros
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The foundation funded by billionaire George Soros will continue to work in Hungary despite a pledge by the ruling party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a past recipient of a scholarship from the philanthropist, to crack down on the group after Donald Trump takes office.
The Open Society Foundations responded to a pledge on Tuesday by Orban’s ruling Fidesz party to “sweep out” the non-governmental organizations funded by the Hungarian-born financier. The group, which finances over 60 Hungarian NGOs, has spent more than $1.6 billion on democratic development in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.