The EU must also contribute to Hungarian freedom of press – wrote Ms. Cseh in her opinion piece appearing in Politico. According to the Momentum MEP, “With the dismissal of the top editor of Hungary's largest news site, [Szabolcs Dull], Viktor Orbán's oligarchs have strangled the last bulwark of Hungary's independent media. If Europe lets them get away with it, it will be complicit in the demise of what's left of free speech in Hungary… If the EU cares about what is left of Hungary’s free media, it needs to help fund it”, declared Ms. Cseh in her article. In a social media post, she elaborated: “If the European center-right does not want to become complicit in eliminating the freedom of press in Hungary, now is the time to act: finally exclude Fidesz from the European People’s Party and stop obstructing joint EU action!” Naturally, in her Politico article, she failed to mention that Index’s collapse was mainly due to internal left-wing conflicts and moreover, Szabolcs Dull’s dismissal was because he divulged confidential business details – after which he immediately called Klára Dobrev (DK MEP, Vice President of EP).
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