Foreign-Funded NGOs Threaten Hungary’s Sovereignty and 2026 Elections

R-L: Zoltán Lomnici Jr., spokesperson for CÖF-CÖKA and Norbert Heizler, CÖF-CÖKA’s organizing director, at a press conference

“The national civil community must take the strongest possible action against organizations that flout the rules, keeping in mind the principle that the homeland comes before all else,” said Zoltán Lomnici Jr., spokesperson and Chief Presidential Advisor of the Civil Alliance Forum – Civil Alliance Public Benefit Foundation  (CÖF-CÖKA). 

Foreign-funded NGOs operating in Hungary are circumventing and evading domestic legislation, Zoltán Lomnici Jr. warned at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday. He said that they had examined the balance sheets and public benefit reports of the best-known NGOs in Hungary and, based on their findings, will report several cases of abuse to the Office for the Protection of Sovereignty.

He added that the organization will monitor whether illegal party financing or direct foreign party financing takes place until the 2026 elections and will report any findings if necessary.

The rule of law so cherished in Brussels can only be truly achieved if the law is binding on everyone,”

the spokesperson said.

Norbert Heizler and Zoltán Lomnici Jr. at the press conference. Photo: MTI/ /Szigetváry Zsolt

Norbert Heizler, CÖF-CÖKA’s organizing director, said that Átlátszó.hu and the Átlátszónet Foundation are, in fact, pseudo-civil organizations, companies serving foreign interests, which, as “well-paid mercenaries,” weaken our sovereignty and help opposition parties engage in dirty politics.

CÖKA and its followers consider it imperative to stop the flow of money from abroad, he emphasized. He added that “the Átlátszó group and their associates” already pose a tangible threat to the integrity of the 2026 elections because their biased investigative articles and paid data disclosures mislead members of society.

The chief operating officer also pointed out that the “Transparent Ones” attack the organizers of the Peace March every year, “pouncing on financial reports like hyenas.” In this regard, he stated that CÖKA receives support from the private sector through banks in a controlled manner, thus ensuring state control at all times, and that no public funds were used to organize the Peace March.

Meanwhile, the sustainability of Átlátszó is due to a series of donations from organizations through opaque channels, he explained, noting that the Átlátszó Foundation received approximately €208,000 from the Open Society, among many other sources, and €47,600 from the Ökotárs Foundation. Átlátszó.hu Kft. received €48,000 through USAID, followed by an additional approximately €36,400 and €18,200 in recent years, and nearly €24,940 from Ökotárs.

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