Europe
Orban Promises Crackdown On ‘Fake’ NGOs If He Wins Hungary Vote
Viktor Orban delivering his annual review speech, which was not open to media, in Budapest, Feb. 14.
Photographer: Janos Kummer/Getty Images
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would move to stamp out what he described as “fake” opposition forces funded by Brussels if voters return him to power in a national election eight weeks from now.
Orban described the opposition Tisza party, which holds a substantial lead in most independent polls, as a “creation” of the European Union and German politicians in Brussels that, he said, would pave the way for Hungarians to be sent to war in Ukraine.