‘EU COURT ORDERS HUNGARY
TO CHANGE LAW ON NGOS’
“The European Court of Justice ruled on
Thursday that a law adopted in Hungary in 2017 unlawfully obliged NGOs
receiving foreign funding to register and label themselves as organisations
supported from abroad, or face sanctions for failing to comply with the new
transparency rules.
“The legislation forced NGOs to identify themselves as
foreign-funded if they received more than 7.2 million forints (€21,615) per
year from abroad. It also obliged then to list any foreign sponsors who give
them more than 500,000 forints (€1,500) annually.
“The
government argued that the changes were part of its efforts to fight money
laundering and terrorism. But experts saw it as an attack on NGOs, and as part
of the Hungarian government’s wider campaign against the so-called Soros
network – organisations linked to the billionaire liberal philanthropist George
Soros.”
Balkan Insight is not a fan
of Viktor Orban or of Hungary. The story linked above quotes a spokesman from
Open Society Foundations, which was created and funded by multi-billionaire
George Soros.
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