Report: Hungary targeting George Soros and foreign-backed NGOs in the name of transparency

Lili Bayer of Politico has this report out of Hungary:

Hungarian planned law targets Soros, foreign-backed NGOs. My article today for @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/n5HT0dlW0A #Hungary

— Lili Bayer (@liliebayer) March 7, 2017

Bayer writes:

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been critical of the Open Society and foreign-funded NGOs, but his government’s attacks have intensified of late.

“Hungary cannot afford to allow organizations that remain in the shadows — not declaring who they receive their money from and for what purposes — to continuously encourage migrants to break Hungarian law to somehow get into the country,” said Orbán in a radio address on February 24, adding that “by doing so, international organizations which are primarily linked to George Soros have overstepped a line.”

Obviously, Soros knows a thing or two about funding political organizations to push his agenda:

Sen. Sessions shows little knowledge of and empathy for the people he'd be entrusted to protect as attorney general. https://t.co/Z5I0NZKnO4

— George Soros (@georgesoros) January 16, 2017

A new Open Society initiative offers support to organizations dealing with acts of hate. https://t.co/uHkd8M2583

— George Soros (@georgesoros) January 5, 2017

Defend open society in 2017 https://t.co/MfDREUyND1

— George Soros (@georgesoros) January 3, 2017

We must do something to push back against the rise of hate crimes in the U.S. https://t.co/PQiWkU1US1

— George Soros (@georgesoros) November 23, 2016