BUDAPEST, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Hungary’s combative Prime Minister
Viktor Orban deepened his row with George Soros on Friday, saying a prestigious Budapest university founded by the US billionaire was breaking rules and cheating students.
Orban, 53, personally received a Soros grant in the 1980s to study
abroad, but has long since accused the Hungarian-born 86-year-old of meddling in central and eastern Europe and seeking to undermine the continent by backing mass immigration.
“Cheating is cheating… It doesn’t matter if you are a billionaire, you
are not above the law,” Orban said during an interview on public radio.
The right-wing Orban is also known as a leading opponent in the EU of
immigration, calling it a threat to Europe’s Christian identity.
The Central European University (CEU), set up in 1991 after the end of
communism and part-funded by Soros, said in a statement that it “utterly
rejects” Orban’s allegations.
“We have been lawful partners in Hungarian higher education for 25 years
and any statement to the contrary is false,” the university said.