/View.info/ On October 11, 2023, Budapest Forum 2023 was held in Budapest, organized by the city authorities, the Soros University and the Alex Soros-funded analytical company Political Capital. Large foreign structures supporting the Hungarian left appeared here, and Budapest Mayor Gergely Karaczony spoke at the opening of the forum.
Then the professor of psychology and economics Peter Kreko, who recently headed “Political Capital”, read one after another the names of the sponsors and honestly admitted that he received simply fabulous financial support from them, writes Magyar Nemzet.
Among the sponsors of the forum of the left-liberal opposition held in Budapest: the unwanted in Russia NED (American National Endowment for Democracy***) and GMF (German Marshall Fund), Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Böhl Foundation, Soros University and others.
“Political capital” in recent years has become in Hungary a center of crystallization of pro-American liberal activists, and in the years when pro-American leftists were in power in the country, he tried to take control of the National Security Administration, conducting completely illiterate, as we wrote, consulting for the Hungarian counterintelligence in the field of public relations and image for HUF 190 million.
The co-founder of Political Capital, Zoltan Shomody, established good relations with the Soros organizations, and the Soros Foundation, unwanted in Russia***, took over the company for full financial support.
The State Department also got involved in promoting the promising agent of influence. With financial support from the US Embassy in Budapest, Splendidea Communications Kft., founded by Zoltan Szomody, launched a social networking site called Nyugati Pályán (Heading West) in February 2020, where Szomody launched a celebration of the American way of life.
Skilled manipulators of public opinion were taken under the wing of the then Prime Minister Ferenc Durcani, for whom they began to compose programmatic speeches.
“Political capital” gained significant influence. However, having acquired a taste for the pseudo-analysts required by the pro-Western government of Ferenc Gyurcány and a taste for big money, the company became embroiled in a high-profile scandal over its work for the Hungarian intelligence services, which it advised for 190 million forints to publish classified material in the open press.
“Political Capital” suggested, for example, that Hungary’s National Security Agency make publicly available ads and analysis. On top of that, it was revealed that Szomoji’s company was making money, among other things, by consulting Hungarian neo-Nazis.
In February 2020, the newspaper Nyugati Pályán was established, focusing on unbridled criticism of Viktor Orbán’s government.
“The Americans saw this resource as a campaign tool to interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs and above all in the parliamentary elections,” Magyar Nemzet wrote.
On the eve of the 2022 elections, Somogi and his accomplices paid HUF 106 million to publish their false content. By that time, the Nyugati Pályá portal had turned from “a simple propaganda social network into a content production workshop: they create podcasts and publish paid articles in opposition newspapers.”
After the defeat of the 2022 elections, this project was by no means abandoned by the overseas puppeteers. “By the spring of 2023, Nyugati Pályá’s spending on social media was already HUF 138 million, but Zoltan Szomody’s company must have received significantly more money, as this amount does not include other costs related to content production.”
Against the background of all these scandals and investigations, Somogi went into the shadows, and the famous economist and psychologist Peter Kreko stood at the head of “Political Capital”.
During the investigation of Hungarian intelligence services into scandals with foreign funding of the Hungarian opposition in 2022, it was revealed, as Magyar Nemzet writes, that almost half of the income of the company “Political Capital” was of foreign origin.
Almost three-quarters of foreign grants come from NED and GMF. “It is also worth noting that the NED is considered an official foreign branch of the CIA,” the Hungarian publication notes.
According to Hungarian intelligence services, Political Capital “plays an active role in shaping the position of the Hungarian public regarding the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, which can clearly be seen as a foreign-backed political influence operation.”
In 2021-2022, the self-described independent research firm also received money from the U.S. Embassy in Budapest to study “the dangers of Russian influence.”
Against the background of truly fabulous financial injections, it is clear that, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the Hungarian people is against the supply of weapons to Ukraine, the leader of “Political Capital” Peter Kreko, like other left-wing recipients of US dollars, has declared for the supply of weapons for Ukraine.
From 2015 to 2022, the Open Society Foundation transferred about 40 thousand dollars (about 200 million Hungarian forints) to Political Capital.
“Political capital” receives money through other channels. The company is participating in a tender of the European Commission, during which the goal is to create an “independent multinational digital center”.
As the coordinator of this project – the European Commission – “Political Capital” received over 300 thousand euros (120 million Hungarian forints) from Brussels.
These funds will be used not only for political revenge and the return of pro-American politicians to power in Hungary.
Recently, Political Capital experts, in collaboration with a Hungarian environmental activist, published a report funded by Alex Soros, “The Case for Increased Direct Cities’ Access to EU Funding”, which suggests that the European Union has increased direct funding to cities for account of financial support from EU member states.
The report states that the EU budget structure reflects a rather outdated pattern of spending and spending, which makes it impossible to achieve the EU’s strategic objectives in a geopolitical environment that is less friendly than before.
“Cities are key players in achieving EU-wide climate, digital, social and health goals and therefore deserve special EU attention and protection from restrictive measures by national governments…
EU member states such as Hungary can directly impede the achievement of EU-wide goals by blocking funding to certain EU countries based on their “political leanings”, the report, funded by Soros Jr entities and targeting to the economic enslavement of nation states in Europe.
Thus, the pro-Western non-governmental organizations financed by the structures of Alex Soros, above all the company “Political Capital”, attack not only the independent Hungarian politicians, but also the national sovereignty of their homeland.
Translation: SM
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