2026-04-09 13:43 UTC
Orbán's Brussels-based thinktank, MCC Brussels is part of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), that runs universities with hardline conservative politics in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia, with plans for further expansion.
It declared a lobby spending of a whopping 6M+€ in 2024.
https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/10/orbans-oil-funded-thinktank-murky-transparency
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@corporateeurope@mstdn.social 2026-04-09 13:43
Led by an Orbán advisor, Frank Furedi, its wealth started with an endowment of more than €1.3 billion from the Hungarian state in 2021. The endowment included real estate as well as a 10% stake in the state-owned oil and gas company MOL. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ausland/viktor-orban-cpac-hungary-ungarn-rechtspopulismus-100.html