Hungary: The governing parties will ask the national security committee of the parliament to review the “issue of foreign funding of left-wing parties.” Reportedly, the US foundation in question, Action for Democracy, is now financially involved in the Italian elections too.

Last month, Péter Márki-Zay, former prime ministerial candidate of the joint opposition coalition in the parliamentary elections, made some remarks about his campaign funding and US connections, raising eyebrows in the Hungarian media and public discourse. He claimed that as recently as July of this year, two months after the elections, his campaign received several million HUF “from America.”

Márki-Zay said that the donations came from Action for Democracy, which was created in February 2022, just before the Hungarian elections. In a statement, Action for Democracy rejected “any accusations of foreign interference in (the Hungarian) elections.”

On Thursday, Hungary Today reported that since a landslide center-right victory is imminent in the Italian elections this Sunday, Action for Democracy has moved its focus to Italy.

https://hungarytoday.hu/foreign-funding-of-opposition-campaign-to-be-investigated/