In recent years, the Foundation has come under heavy scrutiny, because it interfered massively in the political affairs of Central and Eastern European countries, in order to advance the dubious goals of the financial speculator.
His organisation has been based in Budapest since 1984 and employs about 100 people there, campaigning tirelessly against the policy and majority opinions in the countries.
Declared aid for the development of “civil societies”, some $400 million went to clubs and activists, especially in the V4 countries, Visegrad states Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic.
Now, OSF President Patrick Gaspard, a former black US ambassador to South Africa, has announced his hasty departure from Budapest, the online newspaper “Visegradpost” reported.
At the center of “progressive” debates in Hungary, the activities of Soros through his organised network were repeatedly denounced by the Hungarian government, and especially by the recently re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who declared him the main political enemy of Hungary.
In particular, the OSF participated in supporting and promoting the wave of migrants into the EU since 2015.
Soros’s networks have been the subject of numerous scandals of interference, manipulation of public opinion and even public disorder in Central Europe. The stated goal of the OSF is to promote the “open society”, a liberal-libertarian concept for the disassembly of nations, democratic sovereignty, Christianity and traditional families.
However, signaling the withdrawal of the OSF from Budapest seems to be tactical in nature after a government-friendly medium published a list of Soros’ confidants in Hungary.
On Friday the prime minister accused financier Soros of political activism in Hungary, saying his circle had supported the opposition. “I know they won’t accept the result of the election, they will organise all sorts of things, they have unlimited financial resources,” Orban said.
Soros’ Open Society Foundation has accused the prime minister of trying to stifle NGOs and has moved to Berlin instead.
Anti-government protesters rallied in the Hungarian capital for the second successive Saturday, to protest against the media and Orban’s campaign against Soros’ non-governmental organisations.
Organisers said thousands took part in what was also the second mass protest in support of Soros. In a pre-rally Facebook post the organisers complained that state media had been turned into the prime minister’s “propaganda machine”.
It said the main goal was to “dismantle Fidesz control over the public media”, adding that the fragmented opposition parties bore responsibility for the current situation.
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