George Soros is trying to flood Hungary with Muslims, Victor Orban says
Budapest — Hungary’s intelligence services completed a report on the "network" run by George Soros, backing up the claim that the financier is trying to interfere the 2018 elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. In an interview with state-run Kossuth radio on Friday, Orban reiterated accusations that Soros was bent on undermining Hungary by helping to flood it with Muslim migrants. Soros denied these claims, saying that Orban was lying and setting up a "mafia state" designed for its leaders’ personal enrichment. He said the government was more oppressive than the country’s communist-era regime during Hungary’s Soviet occupation. Orban, who has focused his entire campaign for re-election on attacking Soros, went a step further in Friday’s interview, accusing the "speculator" of using nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) he funds to carry out work befitting political parties. These civic groups would set up offices nationwide to campaign against the government because of its stan...
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