#69: HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION RECEIVED $11.7 MILLION IN DARK FOREIGN FUNDING

UK gov reacts to Nigel Farage's bank freezing + Italian composer defies cancel culture + France's far-left leader wants "revolutionary and subversive action" to fight climate change + MORE!

MILLIONS MORE IN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR HUNGARY’S OPPOSITION UNCOVERED

It is now suspected that $11.7 million in dark funding flowed into a left-wing coalition to defeat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during Hungary’s national election last year.

Despite the massive amounts of moneyed interest in removing Orbán from power, his party Fidesz was able to pull off a resounding electoral victory.

According to a report by the Fundamental Rights Center, the opposition parties in Hungary received nearly 4 billion Forints ($11.7M USD) from foreign sources to finance their campaign against the government.

The research director of the center, Erik Tóth, told the newspaper Magyar Nemzet that this is a case of political corruption that undermines the sovereignty Hungary and its electoral system.

Tóth also criticized the 99 Movement, a political organization affiliated with Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest who is a potential candidate for prime minister.

The 99 Movement collected 509 million forints in subsidies, but its financial transactions are questionable and possibly illegal, Tóth said.

“In addition to Péter Márki-Zay and Gergely Karácsony, everyone in the joint opposition campaign machine had to notice that, in addition to the regular and legally defined state support, nearly 4 billion forints were added to the campaign of the left from abroad,” said Toth.

“This is their joint responsibility, so instead of pointing fingers at each other, they should think about how they would like to approach next year's local government elections.”  

As covered by THE OUTER EDGE, Hungary’s secret service suspects that $4.6 million worth of foreign funding arrived from organizations with ties to the US Democratic Party.

UK GOV THREATENS BANKS WITH SUSPENSION FOR FREEZING BANK ACCOUNTS BASED ON POLITICAL VIEWS

The UK government is planning to introduce new legislation that could prevent banks from discriminating against customers based on their political views.

The move comes after Nigel Farage, the former leader of the Brexit Party and UKIP, had his accounts suspended by Coutts, a private bank.

According to a document obtained by The Guardian, Coutts decided to terminate Farage's accounts because his "values" did not align with the bank's.

The bank did not specify what values it was referring to, but Farage is known for his outspoken and controversial views on immigration, Brexit and the European Union.

The government said it was concerned about the potential impact of ideological blacklisting on free speech and democracy. It said it was working on a bill that would require banks to treat customers fairly and impartially, regardless of their political opinions. Banks that fail to comply could face sanctions, including losing their licenses.

Farage welcomed the government's announcement, saying it was "one of the quickest interventions I've seen from a government in many, many years".

He said he was glad that the government was standing up for freedom of expression and against "woke" censorship by banks.

ITALIAN COMPOSER AND MELONI ADVISER DEFIES CANCEL CULTURE

Top Italian composer and chief arts adviser to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Beatrice Venezi, has defied attempts by the far-left to cancel a performance in Lucca, Italy.

At the heart of the debate was her decision to play The Anthem in Rome by Giacomo Puccini on the anniversary of the musician’s death.

The controversial piece which was written during World War I was later appropriated by the country’s subsequent fascist government prompting calls for the piece to be cancelled from performance.

However, Venezi isn’t the only Italian musician to have performed the song. It has already been performed by famous Italian musicians Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo, among others.

Venezi has been an ardent defender of Italy’s cultural contributions and has refused to bow to the woke mob seeking to cancel the past.

In 2021, the conductor refused to be addressed using gender-netural or feminine terms, opting instead for masculine forms of addressed traditionally employed in the art.

France’s Nice Opera is facing calls from cultural groups to cancel a performance by Venezi for a Christmas ballet later this year.

HUNGARIANS ARE LIKE TEXANS, SAYS JUSTICE MINISTER

While visiting Texas, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga compared the state’s fight against Washington bureaucrats on illegal immigration to her nation’s struggle against the whims of the EU across the Altantic.

According to the outlet Remix, Varga was on a visit to the Hungarian Club and gave an interview with The Dallas Express.

“We believe in family, we believe in national sovereignty, and we don’t think that mass illegal migration is a good thing for our future,” said Varga.

“We respect others, and we also expect respect for our national policy, which is supported by a large majority of voters, so this is the basis of how we implement this very strong border.”

Varga added that Hungary’s migration policies are widely supported by Hungarians, similar to Texas, where most voters want the federal government to clamp down on illegal entries along its border with Mexico.

“We said no to mass migration in a referendum. We conducted a public consultation with our citizens, and this is the key to our success, that we stand by the people,” said Varga.

FRANCE’S FAR-LEFT LEADER WANTS “REVOLUTIONARY AND SUBVERSIVE ACTION” AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Melenchon called for “revolutionary and subversive action” outside of democratic pathways to tackle climate change.

Melenchon, who has been accused of being a firebrand, made the comments during a speech at the “People’s Summit” in Burssels.

“Only revolutionary and subversive action, which ensures a break with capitalism, can enable us to pull humanity out of the impasse,” said Melenchon.

“Capitalism is an obscurantism because it prevents us from considering from a rational point of view, the rational solutions that we should bring .”

In his speech, Melenchon cited the work of Karl Marx and others.

During the recent French riots, Melenchon was accused of enflaming tensions and refusing to denounce the violence that plagued some of France’s major cities.