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The reason is an ad hoc law that wants to tax those who deal with migrants in the Hungarian country
Of Manuela Gatti
«You will understand that I don't start crying», ha commentato Viktor Orbán. As if there was any doubt about it.
Probably the Hungarian Prime Minister, re-elected last 8 April for the fourth term, will have celebrated at the news that the foundation of billionaire and philanthropist George Soros will close its offices in Budapest and move to Berlin over the summer. They don't confirm from the NGO, but they speak of the need to protect "the safety of the staff and the integrity of the work". President Patrick Gaspard, however, has already flown in person to the Hungarian capital to inform those around 100 dependent on the decision.
The remote battle between Orbán and Soros has been going on for some time. The casus belli that has now precipitated the situation has a rather explicit nickname: «Stop Row». This is the law that will be discussed by the Hungarian parliament next week and that the government has committed to passing which would impose a tax of 25% on all foreign donations to non-governmental organizations that support migrants in the country. Just like the «Open Society Foundations» of the American Jewish philanthropist of Hungarian origins, the third largest humanitarian organization in the world by assets (18 billions of dollars). A particularly convenient shortcut for the leader of Budapest's populist and conservative right, which in this way would be able to eliminate a good part of the enemy's activity within its national borders. Read More