Exposing NGOs' Covert EU Influence

A thorough investigation is needed into the opaque funds spent on pseudo-civil activities, participants agreed at Wednesday's joint event organized by the Patriots for Europe EU Parliamentary group—which includes Fidesz—and the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Brussels office. Fidesz MEP Csaba Domotor, spearheading the effort to map out the hidden EU influence of pseudo-NGOs, claimed that over ten thousand Brussels contracts could be involved, including some with media companies.

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Fidesz MEP Andras Laszlo argued:  

these so-called NGOs should be called 'NNGOs' (Non-Non-Governmental Organizations), as they often represent foreign state interests or harmful corporate agendas.

Laszlo, in his role as government commissioner, is investigating how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been channeling political funds into Hungary.

Hungary’s Office for the Protection of Sovereignty reported on Wednesday that its ongoing investigation found at least 23 billion HUF (approximately €60 million) in American and EU funds were used for political pressuring in Hungary between 2022 and 2025. This funding primarily benefits the Hungarian opposition’s circles, which are aligned with the U.S. Democratic Party and the EU’s liberal mainstream. The report specifically names organizations like the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, whose narratives are later echoed in EU institutions to argue against the Hungarian government.

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