Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, whose TISZA (Respect and Freedom) party won the parliamentary elections on April 12, stated that his government will not fund the hosting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the country, an event where Georgian prime ministers have been among the annually invited guests.
“The state will no longer fund any of this — neither the CPAC event, nor the Mathias Corvinus Collegium and other related institutions. I believe the state should never have funded them in the first place — it was a crime,” the politician stated.
The new Hungarian Prime Minister added that CPAC is still welcome to come to Budapest.
“They are very welcome; however, it should not be funded at the expense of Hungarian taxpayers, but rather by Fidesz or the money of Viktor Orbán’s allies — until we recover those funds,” he explained.
Magyar noted that the Orbán government used state budget funds for “party financing” and that this fact should be investigated by law enforcement agencies.
As a reminder, Irakli Garibashvili and later Irakli Kobakhidze, in their capacity as Prime Minister of Georgia, have regularly participated in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) since 2023.
In 2023, it was Garibashvili, and in the subsequent three years, Irakli Kobakhidze spoke at the event annually.
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