Soros has transformed Europe into a “gas chamber”, says the director of a major cultural institution in Hungary – International

The director of Hungary’s most important cultural institution, the “Petofi” Literature Museum in Budapest, vehemently criticized the influence of American businessman and philanthropist George Soros in Europe, in a provocative article, informs Saturday. DPA agency, taken over by Agerpres.

Soros has turned Europe into a “gas chamber”, wrote Szilard Demeter in an article published on the origo.hu portal, considered close to the Hungarian government. “The poison gas is spreading through the pipes of an open multicultural society and is lethal to the European way of life,” he continued. Hungary and Poland are the “new Jews”, Szilard Demeter says in the article, which addresses the dispute between European countries over the EU budget.

In a preliminary vote at last week’s meeting of the permanent representatives of the EU states, Poland and Hungary implemented their threat to veto the EU’s 2021-2027 multiannual budget (€ 1.074 billion) and the recovery plan Next Generation (€ 750 billion), if the agreement reached earlier this month between the European Parliament and the German Presidency of the EU Council on the introduction of the conditionality criterion is adopted.

This agreement provides that, on a proposal from the European Commission and with the approval of the qualified majority of Member States, European funds can be suspended in the event of Member States accused of violating the rule of law (independence of the judiciary, press, fundamental rights etc.). the Polish and Hungarian governments an arbitrary instrument based on political and ideological criteria.

Critical voices in the EU accuse Hungary and Poland of limiting media freedoms and the independence of the judiciary. Both countries have said they will support each other in the dispute.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in turn this week criticized Hungary-born “economic killer” Holocaust survivor George Soros in a post on his official website and urged Europe not to give in. “Soros Network”. He accused Soros of wanting to flood Europe with Muslim migrants and dilute the national identities of European countries.

Szilard Demeter holds several important cultural positions in Hungary and once called himself a “fanatical urban planner”.

George Soros, through his foundation, has long supported the struggle for human rights. In a recent article on the Project Syndicate comment portal on the blocking of Hungary and Poland’s veto on the EU budget, George Soros said that, to remain true to its values, “the EU cannot afford to compromise. the conditionality of funds allocated to member states to respect for the rule of law. ”Defining the Hungarian and Polish veto a” desperate bet by two serial rapists “and accusing Orban of” building a complex kleptocratic system to rob the country, “Soros noted in his article that the EU can help by providing funding directly to local authorities.