Poland and the Soros conquest

Hungary has not fallen, now the patriotic forces in Warsaw must also win, Europe cannot weaken any further.

Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros addresses the assembly on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Fotó: AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI

Naturally, the left-wing media network did everything in its power to help the left-wing campaign. The most significant of these was the full-scale attack of pro-ruling party entities by leftist influencers and various Internet sites. In addition, the international media campaign against Hungary also went into overdrive. We do not seem to know who the real micro-donors were who got behind the left-wing campaign. However, we cannot be far from the truth if we conclude that the Soros family were the altruistic contributors.

The network's operation is not complicated: it buys political influence by supporting human rights and minority rights organizations and by donating to political parties that enthusiastically support progressive social policies like LGBTQ and gender issues). In Western Europe and some Balkan countries, the situation is the same as in the United States, as members of the network can be found at every level and in every unit of the European Union's organizational system. They write the various country reports, and they ask the Soros organizations operating in the targeted state about the situation there, and they base their reports and analyses on the news and analyses of the media they finance or own. As the Hungarian saying goes: very clever...

The main opponents of the Soros clan are sovereign, stable nation states. Countries whose governments reject a federal Europe, oppose migration, reject progressive social policy aspirations and support the traditional family model. Perhaps it is no coincidence that these are the countries classified as 'battlefield states' by the Koranyi-types in Europe, and among which Poland will be holding parliamentary elections on October 15.

The European middle-weight, which has been developing dynamically in recent years, is a key geopolitical player and a strong ally of the United States. The left-wing US administration, on the other hand, would prefer to see a Polish government that is on good terms with Brussels, and that is also supportive of gender policy initiatives and does not have any "rule of law" problems. Polish voters don't see it that way. 

The Law and Justice (PiS) party, now too, has a distinct chance of winning, so it could form a government for the third time in a row. The challenger - just like in Hungary, is the liberal rainbow coalition, led by Donald Tusk. He is considered a pawn of Berlin and Brussels, so it is no coincidence that the Polish government was targeted primarily by German and EU politicians during the campaign period.

Tusk of course has the support of the progressive network behind him. Soros and co. are also very active in Poland, mainly through the Stefan Batory Foundation. This organization is at the forefront of the 'open society' ideology, and is supported by the Soros empire with massive sums of money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of euros. They were also behind the protests against the tightening of the 2017 anti-abortion law. The Global Fund for Women, an organization also linked to them, contributed one million zlotys to organize the 'spontaneous' demonstrations.

The other big street demonstrations took place in 2021, when the Polish opposition grew concerned about the freedom of the press. Lobbies in the US and Brussels were also mobilized to block the adoption of a new media ownership law. The aim of the right-wing was to prevent entities from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) - mainly from Russia - from having a controlling stake in Polish media companies. However, this would have also squeezed the Americans out of the media market, as would have been the fate of Discovery, which owns the opposition-leaning news channel TVN24. There was a huge diplomatic and domestic political storm, with the opposition accusing the government of stifling press freedom and the Americans protesting, leading to the aboutface by President Andrzej Duda. But if he had not backed down, the Soros empire would not have built a strong foothold ahead of the crucial October elections.
"The Philanthropists" have recently acquired the second largest radio station, Radio Zet, through various entities, and have also bought into the opposition daily Gazeta Wyborcza.

According to the latest news, Soros and co. now own 57 percent of the shares of Gremi Media, which also includes the Rzeczpospolita daily and the financial daily Parkiet. The network works: Zoltan Varga, owner of the Hungarian left-wing portal 24.hu and Soros business partner became a minority owner of  Gremi.

So there's no indication of Soros retreating from Europe, quite the opposite - Alex Soros' takeover is more about conquering Eastern Europe. The battlefield is not a level playing field, but influence peddling or not, it is the voters in Poland who will decide their future in mid-October. Hungary has not fallen, now the patriotic forces in Warsaw must also win. Soros and the progressive left must not get stronger, Europe must not get weaker!

The author is a senior analyst at the Center for Fundamental Rights

Cover photo: George Soros (Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)