>Budapest (AFP) - Hungary told European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans to quit on Friday after he was quoted suggesting Prime Minister Viktor Orban's animosity towards billionaire George Soros was driven by anti-Semitism.
>Hungary's foreign ministry said Timmermans "should resign from his post after having accused Hungary's Prime Minister and the country's government of anti-Semitism".
>Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the comments were an "unfounded accusation" and that Hungary "has done more than anyone in Europe to combat anti-Semitism," according to a statement.
>It added that Budapest "has major issues" with Hungarian-born financier and philanthropist Soros, but that "these disputes have absolutely nothing to do with George Soros' origins or religion".
>Orban last week told the European Parliament that Soros was an "American financial speculator attacking Hungary" and that he has "destroyed the lives of millions of Europeans".
>Asked in an interview with Germany weekly Die Zeit published on Thursday whether he thought the comments sounded anti-Semitic, Timmermans had said: "I understood that in exactly the same way as you and was appalled."
>A European Commission spokeswoman said Timmermans had interpreted Orban's speech as "a provocation".
>"We need to refrain from using ambiguous expressions in the future in order to keep misunderstandings from arising," she added.
>Orban was in Brussels last week to defend education legislation that the Central European University in Budapest, a highly respected institution founded by Soros, believes is aimed at forcing it to close.
>The legislation has drawn street protests and international concern including from the US State Department and an open letter signed by more than 900 academics around the world.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-official-angers-hungary-anti-semitism-charge-005531296.html
related:
https://news.vice.com/story/hungarians-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-rising-russian-influencev
http://hungarytoday.hu/news/heres-hungarys-anti-ceu-bill-triggered-harsh-reactions-part-ii-43363
I've been expecting this smear campaign...
>Victory: Hungary Orders The Rothschild Banks To Leave The Country
> on 15th December 2016 @ 7.43pm
http://www.neonnettle.com/news/1450-victory-hungary-orders-the-rothschild-banks-to-leave-the-country
Here's more...
>Escaping the banking clutches is, therefore, iconic. Iceland joined Hungary in 2014 when it paid back its $400 million loan ahead of schedule after the collapse of the banking sector in 2008 and Russia, of course bowing down to no Western puppeteer, freed itself in 2005.
Iceland's PM was one of the few that was targeted by Soros' Panama papers leak, and we've all been told about them ebil ruskies.
>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/world/europe/panama-papers-iceland.html
Guess it's anti-Semitism when you don't want to be controlled by banks or billionaires.
>incoming slide
This won't stay on page 1 for long
>>137489
Well, there is Jobbik who owns 20% of the parliament right now, and they're openly anti-Jewish/Gypsy among many other things.