Funding the Dollar Left: A4D's Reach Stretches From Brazil to Hungary

Action for Democracy, run by David Koranyi, has repeatedly failed in our region.

Korányi Dávid (Forrás: Wikipédia) Forrás: wikipedia

– We are not afraid to criticize authoritarian leaders and tendencies, like Bolsonaro (in Brazil), Orban in Hungary, or Kaczynski in Poland... We support NGOs... - the Hungarian Mandiner news site writes, quoting David Koranyi's previous statement, in which the executive director of Action for Democracy (A4D) speaks in a video published on X, formerly known as Twitter.

– They support the opposition. Is that the idea? - his interlocutor asks.

– Well, we will never say that. We're not saying this and we're not promoting this, but these organizations (...) can, after all, be reasonably suspected of playing into the opposition's hands," Mr Koranyi replies.

Besides Hungary, A4D also lists Brazil and Poland as "key battleground states" on its website, among other countries mentioned by Mr Koranyi 

where attempts have been made to influence the elections in the interest of global powers.

A4D has failed repeatedly, their intervention was in vain

Even though, through the organization's influence, the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came out on top in last autumn's parliamentary elections in Poland, the party failed to form a government. So Donald Tusk, a pro-Brussels figure - the former President of the European Council and the European People's Party - returned to became prime minister.

The situation in Brazil, one of A4D's "battleground states" was similar, as the presidency of the right-wing Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) has set a dangerous precedent with the rise of illiberal democracy in one of the developing world's most important countries. Bolsonaro was defeated in the 2022 presidential election by the leftist Lula da Silva.

However, the organization's lobbying efforts so far have failed in Hungary, where the alliance of Fidesz and the co-ruling Christian Democrats (KDNP) secured their fourth consecutive two-thirds majority during the 2022 elections. 

A4D has thrown its weight behind the Hungarian opposition, rallying behind joint prime ministerial candidate Peter Marki-Zay, who has repeatedly mentioned that some of A4D's advisory board members, such as Kati Marton, Wesley Clark and Evelyn Farkas, have worked for them.

Likewise, A4D's lobbying efforts aimed at strengthening liberal organizations also faced defeat in Slovakia, particularly with the setback of the Progressive Slovakia party in last year's elections. According to local sources highlighted by Mediaworks, many ethnic Hungarians - deterred by polls favoring Progressive Slovakia - ended up voting for the victorious Smer party. Consequently, the Hungarian Alliance failed to secure a mandate in Slovakia's parliament.

As Magyar Nemzet reported earlier, 

Hungary's Sovereignty Protection Office was set up with a view to protecting the country's political, economic and cultural self-determination.

Its main task is to draw the attention of Hungarian society and policy-makers to attempts of foreign interference. To this end, it may conduct investigations within its own remit and in cooperation with other state bodies, and it makes the results of these investigations public.

Cover photo: David Koranyi (Source: Wikipedia)