On November 12, 2024, Piotr Serafin, then EU commissioner-candidate for budget, anti-fraud and public administration – now EU Commissioner – was heard by the European Parliament. After the hearing, Kinga Kollar spoke without any restraint, stating that EU funds should be delivered to Hungarian citizens and businesses by bypassing the Hungarian government.

The exact quote: “Every euro that reaches the people instead of Orban and the Hungarian oligarchs helps to improve the country’s miserable economic state."